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The novel focuses on Coelebs—whose name is a Latin word meaning "single, unmarried"—a well-to-do young man who tries to find a wife who can meet the lofty moral requirements laid down by his now-deceased mother.
Cœlebs in search of a wife [by H. More]. by. Hannah More, Coelebs. Publication date. 1809. Collection. europeanlibraries. Book from the collections of. Oxford University. Language. English. Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Addeddate. 2009-02-08 14:19:28.
A man of sense who loves home, and lives at home, requires a wife who can and will be at half the expense of mind necessary for keeping up the cheerful, animated, elegant intercourse which forms so great a part of the bond of union between intellectual and well-bred persons.
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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.
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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...
