{"product_id":"9781551115580","title":"Sociable Letters (Broadview Edition Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe writings of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, are remarkable for their vivid depiction of the mores and mentality of seventeenth-century England. This edition includes all of Cavendish’s \u003cb\u003eSociable Letters\u003c\/b\u003e (1664), a collection of writings that comments on a wide range of aspects of seventeenth-century society, such as war and peace, science and medicine, English and Classical literatures, and social issues such as choosing a spouse, married life, infidelity, divorce, and the option of women not to marry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and a valuable selection of primary documents that situate Margaret Cavendish and \u003cb\u003eSociable Letters\u003c\/b\u003e within the context of English letter writing and other early women writers. Appendices include the letters Cavendish wrote during her courtship with William Cavendish; letters by two family members, Elizabeth Cavendish Egerton and Christiana Cavendish; letters written by Aphra Behn, Dorothy Osborne, and Angel Day; and an essay by Francis Bacon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046053724400,"sku":"9781551115580","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781551115580_p0.jpg?v=1763753315","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781551115580","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}