Evelyn; or A Heart Unmasked by Anna Cora MOWATT RITCHIE Part 3/3 | Full Audio Book
Evelyn; or A Heart Unmasked by Anna Cora MOWATT RITCHIE (1819 - 1870)
Genre(s): Romance
Read by: Kelly S. Taylor in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 40 - Vol II Chapter 18
00:18:33 - 41 - Vol II Chapter 19
00:24:23 - 42 - Vol II Chapter 20
00:39:39 - 43 - Vol II Chapter 21
00:49:02 - 44 - Vol II Chapter 22
01:02:30 - 45 - Vol II Chapter 23
01:09:08 - 46 - Vol II Chapter 24
Evelyn is a two-volume novel told in an epistolary style - alternating between letters from the point of view of a trusted, unmarried female friend of the young, naïve heroine of the novel and those of the feckless adventurer who decides that he must seduce the beautiful Evelyn. The author, actress/novelist/playwright Anna Cora Mowatt, was a fan of the works of Fredericka Bremer (early feminist author, sometimes called the 'Swedish Jane Austen'). This narrative is heavily influenced by that writer's style. Like Mowatt's hit comedy, 'Fashion,' the plot centers on the misadventures of nouveau riche family social climbing in New York society of the late 1830's. Whereas the play was comedy, the novel turns towards tragedy. The author still spices her narrative with strong doses of social satire, however, and gives us many revealing glimpses of everyday life of New Yorkers of the early 19th century. - Summary by Kelly S. Taylor
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