Author: EDGEWORTH (Maria):
Title: The Modern Griselda. A Tale. The Third Edition, Corrected.
Description: London: Printed for J. Johnson and Do., 1813. 12mo, 192 x 103 mms., pp. [ii], 200, original boards, uncut; title-page slightly foxed, top of spine defective, but a good copy. The Critical Review was rather sniffy about the novella when it was first published in 1805: "The desereved éclat which miss Edgewroth acquired by 'Castle Rackarent' was the only motive which induced us to venture on the perusal of the present performance; but we cannot say that it afforded us much entertainment." Edgeworth's Griselda is not modelled on Chaucer's version and is a rather didactic satire on a discontented wife.

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