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Conduct Literature for Women 1770–1830


Volume Contents

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    Front Matter
  • Extracts from Letters to a Young Lady, on a variety of Useful and Interesting Subjects calculated to improve the heart, to form the manners, and enlighten the understanding (1789) By John Bennett
    • Letters to a Young Lady: Volume I
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        Letter I
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        Letter II
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        Letter III
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        Letter IV
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        Letter V
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        Letter VI
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        Letter VII
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        Letter XLI
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        Letter XLII
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        Letter XLIII
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        Letter XLIV
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        Letter XLV
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        Letter XLVI
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        Letter XLVII
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        Letter LVII
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        Letter LVIII
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        Letter LIX
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        Letter LX
    • Letters to a Young Lady: Volume II
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        Letter I
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        Letter II
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        Letter III
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        Letter IV
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        Letter V
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        Letter IX
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        Letter X
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        Letter XI
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        Letter XII
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        Letter XIII
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        Letter XIV
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        Letter XV
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        Letter XVI
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        Letter XLIV
  • Extract from Discourses on Different Subjects, 2nd edn (1801) By Richard Polwhele
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      Discourse XVIII
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      Discourse XIX
  • Extract from Letters on the Female Mind, its Powers and Pursuits; with particular reference to the Dangerous Opinions Contained in the Writings of Miss H. M. Williams, 2nd edn (1801) By Laetitia Hawkins
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      Letter I
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      Letter II
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      Letter III
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      Letter IV
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      Letter V
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      Letter VI
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      Letter VII
  • Extract from The Pleasures of Reason: or, the Hundred Thoughts of a Sensible Young Lady (1796) By Robert Gillet
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      To the Young Reader
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      The Hundred Thoughts of a Sensible Young Lady
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    Back Matter