Honor Edgeworth

by Kate Madeleine Bottomley, Douglas Lochhead (Editor)

Overview

This light romance portrays in considerable detail the social life of Ottawa in the post-Confederation years. The gossip of the capital and the prevailing social customs strengthen the story of Honor Edgeworth's courtship. It is a novel of manners with a happy ending.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442652149
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Publication date:	07/19/2016
Series:	Heritage Series
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kate Madeleine Bottomley (1865-1940) was a Canadian novelist and essayist who also wrote under the pseudonym Vera. She published Honor Edgeworth; or, Ottawa's Present Tense in 1882 and The Doctor's Daughter in 1885: both depicted certain phases of social life and character at the Canadian capital. In 1896 she published Catharine McAuley and the Sisters of Mercy. Douglas Lochhead (1922-2011) was a professor emeritus of Mount Allison University.