The female Quixote

Charlotte Lennox

Original title: The Female Quixote

first published 1752 Oxford U.P., 1970 427 pages

Oxford English novels

The Female Quixote completely inverts the adventures of Don Quixote. While the latter mistook himself for the hero of a Romance, Arabella believes she is the fair maiden. She believes she can fell a hero with one look and that any number of lovers would be happy to suffer on her behalf.

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The Female Quixote paperback · 2017 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 256 pages · 9781543279115
The Female Quixote edition · 2009 · The Floating Press · 9781775415138
The Female Quixote (Penguin Classics) paperback · 2007 · Penguin Classics · 528 pages · 9780140439878
The female Quixote. edition · 1974 · Garland Pub. · 325 pages
The female Quixote. edition · 1970 · Literature House
The female Quixote edition · 1970 · Oxford U.P. · 427 pages

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