This novel was published by Hookham
in three volumes, and dedicated to Georgiana's friend Lady Camden
. Its subscription list, in this and the second edition (issued by Hookham in 1787, in two volumes each...
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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Doubts about her authorship were intensified by the discovery that the minor novelist Sophia Briscoe
received payment (twelve guineas) for this novel.
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press.
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But its quality is far above Briscoe's usual level. Perhaps this is...