The school for widows
by Clara Reeve
"The School for Widows tells the stories of childhood friends Frances Darnford and Rachel Strictland, both of whom have lived hard lives as the virtuous wives of improvident and immoral husbands. Frances, left penniless after the death of her gambler-spendthrift husband (who in an attempt to escape debtor's prison tries to sell her to his friend) opens a school for girls, and eventually takes up residence with another tragic widow, Isabella di Soranzo, whom she rescues from a mental breakdown.
Frances, Rachel, and Isabella not only survive their trials, but eventually become productive and beneficial members of society, thus serving as positive examples of the potential opportunity for widows in eighteenth-century England."--BOOK JACKET.
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The school for widows
2003, University of Delaware Press, Associated University Presses
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The school for widows.: A novel. In two volumes. By Clara Reeve, ...
1791, printed by William Porter, for P. Wogan, P. Byrne, H. Colbert, J. Moore, J. Halpen [and 5 others in Dublin]
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The school for widows: A novel. In three volumes. By Clara Reeve, ...
1791, printed for T. Hookham; Harrison and Co.; and W. Miller
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