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The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Fiction explores how the figure of the orphan was shaped by changing social and historical circumstances. Analysing sixteen major novels from Defoe to Austen, this original study explains the undiminished popularity of lit

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The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Fiction

10.1057/9781137382023 - The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Eva König

10.1057/9781137382023 - The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Eva König

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The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Fiction

Eva König Lecturer, University of Zurich, Switzerland

10.1057/9781137382023 - The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Eva König

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The Vicissitudes of the Eighteenth-Century Subject

© Eva König 2014

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