Romance of the turret, or, Anecdotes of a Catholic family : manuscript
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Description
- Title
- Romance of the turret, or, Anecdotes of a Catholic family : manuscript
- Creator
- Mathews, Charles, Mrs., -1802
- Published / Created
- approximately 1798-1799.
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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A manuscript in a single hand of an unpublished Gothic novel that centers upon the orphan Margarette De Berry who, after the death of her benefactress Miss Mortimer, grows up at Molesworth Abbey unaware of her parentage. The characters include a villainess priest, Father Jerome, Lord and Lady Molesworth and their son George and various others who assist Margarette. The plot includes a secret marriage, twin brothers, escapes to the Alps to find refuge in the "largest chateau in the world" and a rescue by her lover George who uncovers the mystery of her birth to reveal that they are not half-siblings but rather first cousins
- Description
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Eliza Kirkham Mathews (1772-1802), born Eliza Kirkahm Strong in Exeter, Devon was the daughter of a physician George S. Strong (-1796) and his wife Mary. By 1796 she left penniless and alone, the sole survivor of her family. She earned a living by publishing her first book of poems by subscription and contributing articles to The Monthly Mirror and teaching at a girls' school. She married the comic actor and theater manager Charles Mathews (1776-1835) in 1797 and continued to write to try and support them both. She was the author of several novels including What Has Been (1801), a book of essays (The Paros: A Colleciton of Periodical Essays (1787), and children's books (Mornings' Amusement and Afternoon Amusements 1801-1803). She died of consumption in 1802 at the age of 30.
In English.
This material is available for research.
Title from title page.
Volume 1: Title page, [ii], 216 pages; Volume 2: Title page, [ii], 217-378 pages. Written on paper watermarked either 1794 or 1797.
Bound in contemporary half sheep, rebacked, retaining original maroon label.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Purchased from Jarndyce, April 2025.
- Extent
- 1 35 cm volume (378 pages) ;
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- LWL Mss Vol. 295
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Citation
- Mrs. Charles Mathews, Romance of the Turret, or, Anecdotes of a Catholic Family. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 99176648423408651
- Object ID (OID)
- 33350269
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