It takes the average reader 3 hours and 31 minutes to read Virtue, Gender, and the Authentic Self in Eighteenth-century Fiction by Christine Roulston
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"Elegantly written and persuasively argued."--Janet Todd, University of East Anglia This book analyzes the ways in which female virtue was tied to a new concept of authenticity in 18th-century sentimental fiction, producing a redefiniton of gender relations on the one hand and a re-examination of the value and place of fictional narrative on the other. As the old values of the aristocracy were being overturned and it was no longer possible simply to equate personal worth with rank or title, a new narrative protagonist was born--someone who was authentic, virtuous, and usually female. New...
Virtue, Gender, and the Authentic Self in Eighteenth-century Fiction by Christine Roulston is 211 pages long, and a total of 52,961 words.
This makes it 71% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 49 minutes to read Virtue, Gender, and the Authentic Self in Eighteenth-century Fiction aloud.
Virtue, Gender, and the Authentic Self in Eighteenth-century Fiction is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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