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Lucinda (novel)
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'Lucinda; or, The Mountain Mourner' is an epistolary novel by P. D. Manvill (17641849), first published in 1807. A bestseller at the time, it was widely distributed and went through numerous editions.
In 'Lucinda', the eponymous protagonist is raped, becomes pregnant, descends into poverty, and dies shortly after giving birth. Booher classifies 'Lucinda' as a work of sentimental fiction. In particular, following Nina Baym, she describes it as a "novel of seduction", in which the female protagonist becomes pregnant and comes to a tragic end as a result. Cathy Davidson, following Helen Papashvily, argues that 'Lucinda' marks an end of the seduction plot in American literaturewith Hester Prynne as one outlier in this regard.
Booher likens 'Lucinda' to 'The Coquette' (1797), noting that both works are preoccupied with the protagonist's so-called virtue, or abstinence from premarital sex.
The work is set in upstate New York, in Saratoga Springs and near Marcellus.
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