#BookReviews 18thCentury

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Now with links to the books added! I sent the files to press for ECF July 2024, so you know what that means: The July issue reviews section is free to read on the journal website -- ecf.humanities.mcmaster.ca/bookreviews/

#18thCentury Get your read on!

ECF 36.3 Book titles, authors, publishers, reviewers; ToC titles, etc.

England Re-Oriented: How Central and South Asian Travelers Imagined the West, 1750–1857 by Humberto Garcia

Review by Eun Kyung Min, Seoul National University

Literary Authority: An Eighteenth-Century Genealogy by Claude Willan

Review by Paul Keen, Carleton University

Backlash: Libel, Impeachment, and Populism in the Reign of Queen Anne by Rachel Carnell

Review by Nicola Parsons, University of Sydney

Death and the Body in the Eighteenth-Century Novel by Jolene Zigarovich

Review by Heather Meek, Université de Montréal

Daniel Defoe in Context, ed. Albert J. Rivero and George Justice

Review by Kit Kincade, Indiana State University

Women and Property Ownership in Jane Austen by Rita J. Dashwood

Review by Lise Gaston, Concordia University

Romantic Fiction and Literary Excess in the Minerva Press Era by Hannah Doherty Hudson

Review by Elizabeth Neiman, University of Maine

Romanticism and the Biopolitics of Modern War Writing by Neil Ramsey

Review by Matthew Reznicek, University of Minnesota

Decoding Anne Lister: From the Archives to “Gentleman Jack,” ed. Chris Roulston and Caroline Gonda

Review by Ula Lukszo Klein, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Theology in the Early British and Irish Gothic, 1764–1834 by Sam Hirst Review by Jarlath Killeen, Trinity College Dublin

[inderpalastraa]

Just finished re- reading this book and FUCK what I said back in 2019.

I love Moll Flanders; she is brave for a woman who lives in the 1700's, who finds her way out of poverty.

Moll rejects the possibility of starvation, of dying from hunger and from poverty; she sleeps with men, marries other men thinking they would help and make her safe.

The way Defoe makes you feel bad for a prostitute and a thief is brilliant for me. With fear as her only motive, Moll continually calculates her money and thinking of her next game; she gives up on love as it did her no good:

“I had been tricked once by that Cheat called love, but the Game was over...”.

Historically, the book shows the sufferings and the position of women in the 18th- century- England; if they had no man, they are doomed.

Thus, the moral declination of Moll Flanders, and her survival tactics.

Having a different opinion now than the one I had when I was younger makes me question my own character developed LOL

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Longbourn Jo Baker

Although I am the biggest fan of period dramas, from Austen to the Bröntes, I had never really thought to read a modern-day author’s take on the 18th/19th century British landscape. I was even more sceptical about reading one that was set not only in the same world as Austen’s Bennett sisters, but the same house! However, Jo Baker’s Longbourn was a story I instantly fell in love with. 

I came to really enjoy how Baker took the well-known and beloved story, Pride and Prejudice, and gave it a twist; instead, focusing on the servants’ lives, and how they were impacted at the time. I found that in Baker doing this, it gave the 19th century story a modernised and progressive perspective. She showed the upper-class narrative to not be the only narrative available, and that those who are poorer and seem more insignificant have just as much of a story to tell.

I really enjoyed the structure of the book as Baker still referenced moments from Pride and Prejudice throughout. It was interesting to read about other things going on at the time, and not just the dramas of the Bennett sisters! However, although the novel was well-paced, I found the ending to be rushed and vague, as Baker strived to give Sarah and James a happy ending that didn’t quite flow from the events leading up to it.

Despite this though, I was still happy with the outcome for all the characters. Baker’s ability to show them maturing and developing over the course of the novel is what really reinforced their likeability, as it allowed me as a reader to be involved in the process of their characterisation. I really liked Mrs Hill’s development as she went from strict employer to more of a motherly figure to Polly and Sarah. I found it refreshing to find out more about her private life and the struggles she had faced, showing her to not be the villain but simply human like everyone else.

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Book 100: I had basically no expectations going into this (gorgeously designed) book. All I knew was 18th century forensics and pathology, and that was good enough for me. And I ended up loving this! Check out my review! #books #bookstagram #bookreview #linkinbio #tessaharris #drthomassilkstone #theanatomistsapprentice #18thcentury #murdermystery

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Free to read: Book reviews!

The new issue of Eighteenth-Century Fiction will be out soon. Until then, read for free the newest batch of book reviews, for a limited time on the journal website.

Vol. 35, no. 1, January 2023

Click here for a pdf file of all the reviews in this issue.

Review essay on 3 books: States of Terror: History, Theory, Literature by David Simpson Ghosts in Enlightenment Scotland by Martha McGill The Gothic and Theory: An Edinburgh Companion, ed. Jerrold E. Hogle and Robert Miles Review by Peter DeGabriele, Mississippi State U.

The Global Indies: British Imperial Culture and the Reshaping of the World, 1756–1815 by Ashley L. Cohen Review by James Mulholland, NC State U.

Founded in Fiction: The Uses of Fiction in the Early United States by Thomas Koenigs Review by Xine Yao, University College London

Transatlantic Women Travelers, 1688–1843, ed. Misty Krueger Review by Melissa Adams-Campbell, Northern Illinois U.

Laurence Sterne and the Eighteenth-Century Book by Helen Williams Review by Paul Baines, University of Liverpool

Daughters of Aataentsic: Life Stories from Seven Generations by Kathryn Magee Labelle, in collaboration with the Wendat/Wandat Women’s Advisory Council Review by Shelby Johnson, Oklahoma State U.

Radical Conduct: Politics, Sociability and Equality in London 1789–1815 by Mark Philp Review by Miriam L. Wallace, New College of Florida

Before the Raj: Writing Early Anglophone India by James Mulholland Review by Padma Rangarajan, University of California, Riverside

Narrative, Catastrophe and Historicity in Eighteenth-Century French Literature by Jessica Stacey Review by Daniel Rosenberg, University of Oregon

Organic Supplements: Bodies and Things of the Natural World, 1580–1790, ed. Miriam Jacobson and Julie Park Review by Cass Turner, Indiana University Bloomington

One Great Family: Domestic Relationships in Samuel Richardson’s Novels by Simone Eva Höhn Review by Karen Lipsedge, Kingston U.

Mind over Matter: Memory Fiction from Daniel Defoe to Jane Austen by Sarah Eron Review by Amanda Hiner, Winthrop U.

L’Infortuné Napolitain, ou les Aventures du seigneur Rozelli, éd. Érik Leborgne et Emmanuelle Sempère Critique littéraire par Bruno Tribout, Université d’Aberdeen (Royaume-Uni)

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Using new firsthand research and unconventional interpretations to take a fresh look at British maritime history in the age of sail, Britain and the Ocean Road - Shipwrecks and People, 1297-1825 by Dr Ian Friel is out now. ⭐️ ‘This is a comprehensive and brilliantly conceived memoir of a seafaring nation from its earliest times to when it was time to use steam power for our naval craft. Absolutely fascinating!�� 📚 - Books Monthly • #BritishHistory #History #Maritime #Shipwrecks #MaritimeHistory #13thCentury #14thCentury #15thCentury #16thCentury #17thCenturt #18thCentury #19thCentury #Review #BookReview #BooksMonthly #AgeOfSail #Shipwreck #BooksOfInstagram #Bookstagram #PenAndSword #PenAndSwordBooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CI-hq_QARXt/?igshid=6p2knew2vtrx

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In the dying years of the 18th century, the corridors of Windsor echoed to the footsteps of six princesses. They were Charlotte, Augusta, Elizabeth, Mary, Sophia, and Amelia, the daughters of King George III and Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. • The Daughters of George III - Sisters and Princesses by @catherinecurzon is now available! • ‘I was especially drawn to this book as I think some of the women of history are forgotten - we don't hear very much of the princesses, so I was excited to find out more about them... This book will open your eyes to what really went on with these demure, rosy-cheeked women.’ ( ~Love British History) • #NewRelease #OutNow #NonFiction #NonFictionBooks #Georgian #History #GeorgeIII #18thCentury #NonFictionReads #NewBooks #WomenOfHistory #Bookstagram #BooksBooksBooks #BooksToRead #ReadingRecommendations #Review #RecommendedReading #PenAndSwordBooks #BookReview #PenAndSword #BritishHistory (at Pen and Sword Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFfH07Vg6-n/?igshid=1tdqs2hf9mm4j

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