Delarivier manley biography of abraham
Eighteenth-Century Political Biographies Ser.: Political Biography of Delarivier Manley by Rachel Carnell (, Trade Paperback) ; Returns.
As a gentlewoman and daughter of a royalist military commander, yet excluded from polite society because of her personal life, Manley was, by , also..
The Adventures of Rivella
The Adventures of Rivella (1714) is the last novel written by eighteenth century English author Delarivier Manley.[1] The work is a semi-autobiographical account of Manley's life seen through the fictional character of Rivella.
Delarivier Manley's final novel, which was later edited and published by Edmund Curll, is centred around her life before, during, and after her treacherous marriage.[1] The events and incidents incurred by the fictional character Rivella are narrated to the reader through a conversational dialogue between two male protagonists, being Sir Lovemore and Sir D'Aumont.[2] The narrative tells that the young chevalier D'Aumont has left France in search of sexual partnership with Rivella (the author) and instead finds the rejected lover, Sir Charles Lovemore who does not assist the Frenchman in arranging contact with Rivella, but tells her life story instead, both as it relates in public gossip and her