The Female Quixote

The Female Quixote is a novel written by Charlotte Lennox and published in 1752. The book is a satirical take on the popular novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, but with a female protagonist. The story follows the life of Arabella, a young woman who has spent her entire life reading romantic novels and has become so engrossed in them that she has lost touch with reality. She believes that the world around her is just like the novels she has read and that she is the heroine of her own story.Arabella's delusions lead her to make a series of comical mistakes and misunderstandings as she tries to live out her romantic fantasies. She falls in love with a man named Mr. Glanville, who she believes is a noble knight, but in reality, he is just a regular gentleman. Arabella's antics cause confusion and chaos among her family and friends, but eventually, she comes to realize that her idealized version of love is not realistic and that true love is more complicated than the novels she has read.The Female Quixote is a witty and entertaining novel that satirizes the romantic novels of the time and the unrealistic expectations they created for women. It is also a commentary on the limitations placed on women in society and their lack of agency in matters of love and marriage. The book is considered a classic of English literature and is still read and studied today.From her earliest Youth she had discovered a Fondness for Reading, which extremely delighted the Marquis; he permitted her therefore the Use of his Library, in which, unfortunately for her, were great Store of Romances, and, what was still more unfortunate, not in the original French, but very bad Translations.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.