11324 Royal Court Life including one by Betty Askwith:

including one by Betty Askwith: "After Jane Austen: Some 19th-century Lady Novelists

Ann Arbor/London

Gift note to previous owner in front of book

Purple cloth

Bookplate of previous owner inside front board

11324 Royal Court Life including one by Betty Askwith:Marivaux [1688 1763] was a novelist and prolific author who influenced the French Englightenment, as well as many English language authors such as Richardson, Fielding, and Sterne. This is the first book length study of Marivaux's novels in English. The author shows how Marivaux took traditional themes and adapted them to fit the tastes of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, which was a step toward the formation of the modern novel. VG condition.