1835 novel
Belford Regis is an 1835 novel by the British writer Mary Russell Mitford, published in three volumes.[1]
Mitford, known for her portrayals of country life in the Our Village works, switched her focus from a village to a more substantial town. She based it on Reading in Berkshire close to the village of Three Mile Cross where she lived with her father.[2]
References
- ^ Parrinder p.168
- ^ Sampson p.792
Bibliography
- Parrinder, Patrick. Nation and Novel: The English Novel from its Origins to the Present Day. OUP Oxford, 2008.
- Sampson, George. The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature. CUP Archive, 1943.
