{"product_id":"sociable-letters","title":"Sociable Letters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\nThe 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 \u003cem\u003eSociable Letters\u003c\/em\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.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThis Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and a valuable selection of primary documents that situate Margaret Cavendish and \u003cem\u003eSociable Letters\u003c\/em\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.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66233514066269,"sku":null,"price":34.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781551115580.jpg?v=1792204582","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/sociable-letters","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}