The Sprites of Kernosy Castle
de Castelnau, Countess de Murat, Henriette-Julie / Gethner, Perry / Stedman, Allison
A subversive novel from 1710 that questioned political and aesthetic ideologies in eighteenth-century France. This novel reflects a shift in French values at the turn of the eighteenth century, which saw increased interest in the private lives of the aristocracy and the pre-Enlightenment questioning of political and religious orthodoxies. Novels of fiction and leisure gained popularity, and it was during this time that Henriette-Julie de Caste...