ABSTRACT

In the early and mid-nineteenth century, Marguerite Blessington, who had been born in Ireland but spent most of her life in London, became a famous salonnière; she was generally regarded as an important contemporary author, but as no literary executor took care of her oeuvre posthumously, she eventually moved into the background. Her novels, partly informed by the silver-fork genre, are typical examples of Romantic Victorianism, influenced by the Romantic cult of the solitary male self, by the fascination with Italy, and by the 1840s vogue of crime fiction, while simultaneously giving space to ambivalent reflections about Blessington’s own Irish background.

This volume, as part of ‘Chawton House Library: Women’s Novels’ series, presents her 1847 novel Marmaduke Herbert; or, the Fatal Error, a highly popular piece of fiction in its day, being reprinted in German, French and American editions within a year of its publication.

part |136 pages

Marmaduke Herbert;

chapter I|5 pages

chapter II|7 pages

chapter III|6 pages

chapter IV|5 pages

chapter V|6 pages

chapter VI|4 pages

a

chapter VII|6 pages

chapter VIII|5 pages

chapter IX|6 pages

chapter X|7 pages

chapter XI|6 pages

chapter XII|7 pages

chapter XIII|6 pages

chapter XIV|7 pages

chapter XV|5 pages

chapter XVI|6 pages

chapter XVII|6 pages

chapter XVIII|5 pages

chapter XIX|5 pages

chapter XX|6 pages

chapter XXI|6 pages

chapter XXII|5 pages

chapter XXIII|7 pages

part |133 pages

Marmaduke Herbert;

chapter I|6 pages

a

chapter II|6 pages

chapter III|5 pages

chapter IV|5 pages

chapter V|5 pages

chapter VI|5 pages

chapter VII|5 pages

chapter VIII|6 pages

a

chapter IX|5 pages

chapter X|5 pages

chapter XI|5 pages

chapter XII|5 pages

chapter XIII|5 pages

chapter XIV|6 pages

chapter XV|5 pages

chapter XVI|6 pages

chapter XVII|5 pages

chapter XVIII|4 pages

chapter XIX|5 pages

chapter XX|6 pages

chapter XXI|5 pages

chapter XXII|5 pages

chapter XXIII|6 pages

chapter XXIV|5 pages

chapter XXV|5 pages

part |115 pages

Marmaduke Herbert;

chapter I|5 pages

chapter II|5 pages

chapter III|5 pages

chapter IV|6 pages

chapter V|6 pages

chapter VI|5 pages

chapter VII|5 pages

chapter VIII|5 pages

chapter IX|6 pages

chapter X|6 pages

chapter XI|5 pages

chapter XII|5 pages

chapter XIII|5 pages

chapter XIV|5 pages

chapter XV|6 pages

chapter XVI|4 pages

chapter XVII|6 pages

chapter XVIII|6 pages

chapter XIX|5 pages

chapter XX|7 pages

chapter XXI|5 pages