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Confessions of the Nun of St Omer: by Charlotte Dacre

by Lucy Cogan

A Gothic novel framed by life in a monastery

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A Gothic novel framed by life in a monastery

Charlotte Dacre’s debut novel centers on Cazire, whose passionate and destructive experiences are recounted from the monastery where she now lives. That retrospective frame connects a story of personal history with the conventions of Gothic fiction. Published in the early nineteenth-century literary context, the novel also offers a point of entry into the study of women’s writing and the development of the novel. The source notes its early commercial success, with two further editions appearing within two years of its debut.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers studying Gothic fiction and its conventions.
  • Readers interested in women’s writing and the history of the novel.
  • Those researching Charlotte Dacre or early nineteenth-century literature.

Themes

Gothic fictionWomen’s writingPassion and destructionThe development of the novel

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Book overview

Charlotte Dacre's debut novel was a bestseller, with two subsequent editions in two years. It tells the story of the wilful Cazire, whose passionate yet destructive adventures are recounted from the monastery where she now lives. The book will be of interest to those researching the Gothic, women's writing and the development of the nineteenth-century novel.
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