The Bridgerthonian Fiction - 20 Regency Romance Novels (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Fantomina, Belinda, The Wanderer, Sense and Sensibility, Vanity Fair, Anti-Pamela, Miss Marjoribanks...By Georgette Heyer, Eliza Haywood, Fanny Burney, Jane Austen, Maria Edgeworth, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mrs. Olifant, William Makepeace Thackeray, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Leo Tolstoy
Length495h 3m
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The Bridgerthonian Fiction - 20 Regency Romance Novels gathers a wide-ranging constellation of courtship plots, social comedies, sentimental experiments, and moral dramas that illuminate the long literary ancestry of the modern Regency romance. Moving from epistolary intensity and comic realism to domestic satire, historical reconstruction, and psychological depth, the collection situates love, marriage, inheritance, and reputation within the pressures of class, gender, and social performance. Its contributors span the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and beyond, bringing together foundational voices in the development of the English novel with later interpreters of romantic and historical fiction. Collectively, they engage with Enlightenment sensibility, the rise of women's authorship, Romantic-era debates about education and autonomy, Victorian social critique, and the broader European realist tradition. Their varied perspectives reveal romance not as escapism alone, but as a literary mode through which society's deepest rules are tested. This volume is ideal for readers seeking both pleasure and perspective: a single collection in which wit, irony, passion, reformist energy, and narrative innovation meet. It offers students, scholars, and enthusiasts a rich opportunity to trace the evolution of romantic fiction across styles and generations, while discovering how each work converses with the others in a continuing dialogue about desire, duty, and self-determination.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- An Introduction draws the threads together, discussing why these diverse authors and texts belong in one collection.
- Historical Context explores the cultural and intellectual currents that shaped these works, offering insight into the shared (or contrasting) eras that influenced each writer.
- A combined Synopsis (Selection) briefly outlines the key plots or arguments of the included pieces, helping readers grasp the anthology's overall scope without giving away essential twists.
- A collective Analysis highlights common themes, stylistic variations, and significant crossovers in tone and technique, tying together writers from different backgrounds.
- Reflection questions encourage readers to compare the different voices and perspectives within the collection, fostering a richer understanding of the overarching conversation.
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GenreRomance
Length495 hrs 3 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 12, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Bridgerthonian Fiction - 20 Regency Romance Novels (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5Love in Excess (Eliza Haywood)
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6TO Mrs. Eliz. Haywood, ON HER NOVEL CALL’D Love in Excess, &c.
7By an unknown Hand. To the most Ingenious Mrs Haywood, on her NOVEL Entitled, Love in Excess:
8VERSES Wrote in the Blank Leaf of Mrs. Haywood’s Novel.
9Part the First.
10THE STORY OF THE Chevalier Brillian.
11Part the Second. (pt. 1)
12Part the Second. (pt. 2)
13The Third and Last Part.
14The History of Monsieur Frankville. (pt. 1)
15The History of Monsieur Frankville. (pt. 2)
16Fantomina (Eliza Haywood)
17The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless (Eliza Haywood)
18VOLUME THE FIRST (pt. 1)
19VOLUME THE FIRST (pt. 2)
20VOLUME THE FIRST (pt. 3)
21VOLUME THE SECOND (pt. 1)
22VOLUME THE SECOND (pt. 2)
23VOLUME THE SECOND (pt. 3)
24VOLUME THE THIRD (pt. 1)
25VOLUME THE THIRD (pt. 2)
26VOLUME THE THIRD (pt. 3)
27VOLUME THE FOURTH (pt. 1)
28VOLUME THE FOURTH (pt. 2)
29VOLUME THE FOURTH (pt. 3)
30The Fortunate Foundlings (Eliza Haywood) (pt. 1)
31The Fortunate Foundlings (Eliza Haywood) (pt. 2)
32The Fortunate Foundlings (Eliza Haywood) (pt. 3)
33The Fortunate Foundlings (Eliza Haywood) (pt. 4)
34The Fortunate Foundlings (Eliza Haywood) (pt. 5)
35Powder and Patch (Georgette Heyer)
36One The House of Jettan
37Five In Which Philip Finds That His Uncle Is More Sympathetic Than His Father
38Nine Mr. Bancroft Is Enraged
39Thirteen Sir Maurice Comes to Town
40Seventeen Mistress Cleone at Her Wits' End
41The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIIIth Century (Georgette Heyer) (pt. 1)
42The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIIIth Century (Georgette Heyer) (pt. 2)
43The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIIIth Century (Georgette Heyer) (pt. 3)
44The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIIIth Century (Georgette Heyer) (pt. 4)
45The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIIIth Century (Georgette Heyer) (pt. 5)
46Belinda (Maria Edgeworth) (pt. 1)
47Belinda (Maria Edgeworth) (pt. 2)
48Belinda (Maria Edgeworth) (pt. 3)
49Belinda (Maria Edgeworth) (pt. 4)
50Belinda (Maria Edgeworth) (pt. 5)
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