Companions without vows : relationships among eighteenth-century British women

Author(s)

• Rizzo, Betty

Bibliographic Information

Companions without vows : relationships among eighteenth-century British women

Betty Rizzo

University of Georgia Press, c1994

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-405) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A study of the companionable relationships among women in 18th-century England. Drawing upon primary documents and fictional narratives, Rizzo describes the socioeconomic conditions that forced women to take on or to become companions. She goes on to examine a number of these relationships.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA21762158
• ISBN:
  • 0820315419
• LCCN: 92045141
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Athens
• Pages/Volumes: x, 439 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ800.4.G3
  • DC20 : 306.81/0941/09033
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Single women -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Women -- Employment -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Fellowship
  • LCSH : Marriage -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Benefactors -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Upper classes -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Case studies