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Confessions of the Nun of St. Omer

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Confessions of the Nun of St. Omer
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Title page of first edition
Author Charlotte Dacre
Language English
Genre Gothic fiction
PublisherD.N. Shury
Publication date
5 March 1805 (1805-03-05) [1]
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Followed by Zofloya  

Confessions of the Nun of St. Omer is the debut novel by English author Charlotte Dacre, first published in March 1805 under the pseudonym Rosa Matilda. Despite not receiving critical praise, the novel proved popular and was reprinted with subsequent editions following in 1806 and 1807. The novel, which Dacre claims to have written at the age of eighteen, [2] is dedicated to Matthew Gregory Lewis. [3] It tells the story of Cazire, a young woman raised in a convent who after falling victim to seduction, becomes a nun, and lives in seclusion.

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Reception

British Critic called the novel a "very fine, sentimental, and improbable story, written in turgid and affected language," and praised the moral of the story, which "teaches the mischiefs which arise from the neglect and violation of the social duties." [4]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Rosa Matilda's Novel. This Day is Published, Confessions of the Nun of St. Omer". The Morning Post. 5 March 1805. p. 2.
  2. ↑ Hoeveler, Diane (2005). The Jews and British Romanticism. Vol. 2. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 175. ISBN   9781403964540.
  3. ↑ Norton, Rictor (2000). "Zofloya; Or, The Moor (1806)".
  4. ↑ "The British Critic, For December, 1805". Open Court Publishing Co. 1805. p. 671.
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