1st Edition

The History of Lady Louisa Stroud, and the Honourable Miss Caroline Stretton by Phebe Gibbes

Edited By Mike Franklin Copyright 2023

    This new edition of the British epistolary novel The History of Lady Louisa Stroud, and the Honourable Miss Caroline Stretton examines the theme of female agency, and is an excellent example of women's writing in the eighteenth-century. The relationships of the author, Phebe Gibbes, with the East India Company, The London Magazine, ‘The Benevolent Society’, and the Royal Literary Society provide rich avenues for research. Accompanied by a new introduction and editorial commentary, this text will be of great interest to students of literary history and women's writing.

    Table of Contents

    Introduction

    The History of Lady Louisa Stroud, and the Honourable Miss Caroline Stretton, volume 1

    The History of Lady Louisa Stroud, and the Honourable Miss Caroline Stretton, volume 2

    Editorial Notes to The History of Lady Louisa Stroud, and the Honourable Miss Caroline Stretton

    Biography

    Professor Michael Franklin is Lecturer of English at Swansea University.