Bøker av Hannah More

In this, Hannah More's only novel and an early nineteenth-century best-seller, More gives voice to a wealthy twenty-three-year-old bachelor, who styles himself ""Coelebs"" (unmarried), but seeks a wife. Along with a critical introduction, this Broadview edition includes a wide selection of historical documents, from reviews, imitations, and sequels.

Hannah More (1745-1833) was highly influential in her lifetime, publishing a wide variety of successful works, including social and moral tracts and religious fiction. This two-volume work (1799) is her definitive study on women's education, outlining her belief that women's conduct determined the moral state of a nation.