The EmigrantsPenguin, 01.04.1998 - 368 Seiten Imlay’s delightful epistolary adventure of 1793, set on the American frontier, was one of the first American novels. The trials of an emigrant family in the Ohio River Valley of Kentucky contrast the decadence of Europe with the utopian promise of the American West. Its sensational love plots also dramatize the novel’s surprising feminist allegiances. |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | li |
A Note on the Text | lvii |
A Map of the Western Part of the Territories Belonging to the United States of America 1793 | lviii |
THE EMIGRANTS c or the History of an Expatriated Manners Drawn from Real Characters Written in America | lxi |
Explanatory Notes | 257 |
Glossary | 305 |
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