{"product_id":"9783752438178","title":"Coelebs in Search of a Wife","description":"In this, Hannah More’s only novel and an early nineteenth-century best-seller, More gives voice to a wealthy twenty-three-year-old bachelor, who styles himself “Coelebs” (unmarried), but seeks a wife. After the death of his father, Coelebs journeys from the north of England to London, where he encounters a fashionable array of eager mothers and daughters before he visits the Hampshire home of his father’s friend, Mr. Stanley. Lucilla Stanley, Mr. Stanley’s daughter, is both an intellectual and a domestic woman, and Coelebs’ ideal partner. In this intelligent novel about the meeting of two minds, More shows the ways in which a couple becomes truly “matched” as opposed to merely “joined.”  \u003cp\u003e Along with a critical introduction, this Broadview edition includes a wide selection of historical documents, from reviews, imitations, and sequels of \u003cem\u003eCoelebs in Search of a Wife\u003c\/em\u003e to related contemporary writings on conduct, courtship, and women’s education. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Outlook Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46435000385777,"sku":"9783752438178","price":79.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9783752438178_p0.jpg?v=1764930476","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783752438178","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}