Discipline: A Novel. To which is prefixed, A Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Author, including Extracts from her Correspondence.

BRUNTON (Mary)

Published by London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley., 1832

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12mo, 163 x 97 mms., pp. [ii], [3] 4 - 476, contemporary half calf, gilt spine, black leather label, marbled boards; lacking engraved title-page, binding a bit worn, but a good copy. The Orkney-born novelist Mary Brunton [née Balfour] (1778 1818) published her first novel, Self Control, in 1811; Discipline was published in 1814, and within two years had achieved three editions. In a rather gushing tribute to Brunton shortly after her death, The Scots Magazine devoted several pages to both Self-Conrol and Discipline. While it concluded that the latter was inferior to the former, the author, E. E., asserts, "Neither of them shews much originality either of plot or incident; but the interweaving of engaging narrative, with a display of the effects of religious principle, will make them long regarded as among the best books of amusement which can safely be put into the hands of the young.". Seller Inventory # 9444

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Title: Discipline: A Novel. To which is prefixed, A...

Publisher: London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley.

Publication Date: 1832

Binding: Soft cover