History Of An Officers Widow And Her Young Family
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Written at the beginning of the 19th century, Hofland's children's book tells the story of Maria Atkinson, her marriage to Captain Charles Belfield, the birth of their five children (Charles, Henry, Anna, Maria, and Edward), and Maria's widowhood after her husband's death in Holland. She is unable to financially support herself and her children. The first third of her novel focuses on Maria's childhood, courtship, and marriage to Charles. After his death, Maria's inheritance is the burden of single motherhood and widowhood. Maria is described as "using every means which a wise and good woman could suggest, for calming her own mind, and fulfilling the awful duties of her widowed situation". Maria relocates herself and her children to a poor cottage in Lincolnshire, the cheapest conditions she can afford, leaving her oldest son, Charles, behind to live with his grandparents. Within her first children's book, Hofland showed her perspective on the working condition of England and the class structures of labour. As a widow, Hofland turned to writing in order to support herself and her family. While authorship was still a male-dominated occupation, Hofland maintained her right to participate in the field. The brown boards are bumped and rubbed. The front few pages are tanned with foxing, there is some foxing throughout. There is an inscription on the front endpaper. The binding is firm, front and back gutters are cracked.
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