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The Children of the Abbey
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'The Children of the Abbey' is a novel by the Irish romantic novelist Regina Maria Roche. It first appeared in 1796, in London in 4 volumes, and related the tale of Amanda and Oscar Fitzalan, two siblings robbed of their rightful inheritance by a forged will.[https://extra.shu.ac.uk/corvey/corinne/1Roche/Roche%20synopsis%20of%20Children%20of%20Abbey.htm Emma Hodinott, Emma. Synopsis, the Corvey Project, Sheffield Hallam University] The book contains many standard Gothic elements (old mansions, a haunted abbey) in the context of a sentimental novel.[https://editions.covecollective.org/chronologies/regina-maria-roche-children-abbey "Regina Maria Roche: The Children of the Abbey", Cove]
Roche's third novel, it was a major commercial success, remaining in print for most of the 19th century.
'The Children of the Abbey' was mentioned in Jane Austen's popular novel 'Emma', in 'Emily Climbs' by L. M. Montgomery, and in 'Arabella' by Georgette Heyer. It is also referenced in the 'artculo costumbrista' "El casarse pronto y mal" by the Spanish Romantic Mariano Jos de Larra, 1832.
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