The old manor house
A novel ...
Women domestics
Manors
Women household employees
Inheritance and succession
Social classes
British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
Fiction, humorous, general
Fiction
In The Old Manor House (1794), Charlotte Smith combines elements of the romance, the Gothic, recent history, and culture to produce both a social document and a compelling novel. A "property romance," the love story of Orlando and Monimia revolves around the Manor House as inheritable property. In s…
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