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Reverses of fortune, or Various occurrences in private life in a correspondence between friends
- Title
- Reverses of fortune, or Various occurrences in private life in a correspondence between friends [manuscript novel], 1796
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz BND-MSS (Reverses of fortune) | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
Details
- Description
- 1 volume (title page + 134 numbered manuscript pages; 69 total leaves); 22 cm
- Summary
- An anonymous epistolary novel, presumably incomplete but apparently otherwise unknown and unpublished. The story focuses on the Purcell family: Mr. and Mrs., and their daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. After Mrs. Purcell dies, the family leaves London for their ancestral mansion, Northcolm Grove. After the family fortune is lost, Mary and Elizabeth start a boarding school for twelve girls. The nineteen letters that make up the novel are dated between July 6th and October 4th of 1796.
- Alternative Title
- Various occurrences in private life in a correspondence between friends
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Epistolary fiction.
- Note
- "Volume 1st."
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Binding (note)
- Full vellum with manuscript spine title: Reverses of Fortune VOL I.
- Call Number
- Pforz BND-MSS (Reverses of fortune)
- OCLC
- 922589529
- Title
- Reverses of fortune, or Various occurrences in private life in a correspondence between friends [manuscript novel], 1796
- Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Binding
- Full vellum with manuscript spine title: Reverses of Fortune VOL I.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Pforz BND-MSS (Reverses of fortune)