Emma; or, The Unfortunate Attachment: A Sentimental Novel

Emma OR, THE UNFORTUNATE ATTACHMENT
A Sentimental Novel Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire Edited and with an Introduction by Jonathan David Gross ❦ Emma; or, The Unfortunate Attachment A Sentimental Novel [3.138.122.195] Project MUSE (2024-04-19 21:45 GMT) ❦ Emma; or, The Unfortunate Attachment A Sentimental Novel Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire Edited and with an Introduction by Jonathan David Gross S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E W Y O R K P R E S S Published by State University of New York Press, Albany© 2004 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press, 90 State Street, Suite 700, Albany, N.Y., 12207 Production by Kelli Williams Marketing by Fran Keneston Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Emma; or, The unfortunate attachment: a sentimental novel / Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire; edited and with an introduction by Johnathan David Gross. p. cm. Some authors have attributed this anonymous work to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-7914-6145-9 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-6146-7 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Arranged marriage–Fiction. 2. Runaway husbands–Fiction. 3. Married women–Fiction. I. Title; Emma. II. Title: Unfortunate attachment. III. Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of, 1757–1806. IV. Gross, Jonathan David, 1962– PR3291.A1E37 2004 823'.6—dc22 2004045336 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For my father Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX PREFACE XI INTRODUCTION 1 NOTE ON THE TEXT 41 TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE LADY CAMDEN 44 LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS 45 EMMA VOL. ONE 53 EMMA VOL. TWO 111 EMMA VOL. THREE 179 APPENDIX 1 Collation of 1773 and 1784 Editions 255 APPENDIX 2 Collation of 1773 and 1787 Editions 281 APPENDIX 3 Poems by Lady Georgiana; with one poem by David Garrick 297 NOTES 301 INDEX 315 vii Acknowledgments I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE the generous assistance of DePaul University , which provided research support in the form of a University of Research Council grant as well as a spring quarter leave in 2003 that enabled me to complete this edition. My thanks to Mike Mezey, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Helen Marlborough, Chair of the Department of English, for making this possible. Professor Peter Graham set high standards for what an edited volume should be. His generous suggestions and helpful advice guided my research at every stage. Professor James Murphy at DePaul answered numerous genealogical and historical questions related to the Spencers and Camdens. His timely and gracious help saved me from numerous errors. My thanks also to my three research assistants. David Bachmann located reviews of Emma and other periodicals at the Newberry. Shannon Siggeman proofed the introduction, created files for the notes, and helped locate other copies of Emma. She also assisted in preparing the manuscript for publication. Linda Neiberg assisted with the collation of the 1784 and 1773 editions at the University of Bristol library and obtained periodicals at the New York Public Library; her work in England helped make the 1784 collation possible. Students in my M.A. in English, English 471: Bibliography and Literary (Winter 2002) found clues and sources for several allusions in the novel. I am particularly grateful to Jennifer Parrott, Matthew Infantino, and Randi Russert for their work in this area. Frank DeConstanza and Darren Trongeau gathered valuable information on The Sylph in the electronic edition they prepared in Winter 2001 that proved helpful in drafting the introduction to this volume. ix This project would not have been possible without the assistance of the following librarians and curators who were kind enough to set up visits to their archives: Peter Day of Chatsworth; M. T. Richardson of the Rare Books Room at University of Bristol; Peter Berg of Michigan State University, East Lansing; curators at the University of Pennsylvania, Van Pelt Library (who produced a microfilm copy of The Married Victim on short notice); Kathryn DeGraff of Special Collections at DePaul University ; the staff at the Newberry Library, Chicago...