Queen Cophetua

Metadata

Title

Queen Cophetua

Author

Francillon, R. E. (Robert Edward), 1841-1919

Publisher

London : Chatto & Windus

Date

1882

Description

Publisher's advertisements appear before and after text. Advertisements after the text dated August, 1883.

In publisher's binding, paper covered boards; advertisement for Eno's Fruit Salt on back cover; advertisements on pastedowns and flyleaves.

The Literary World (1882) remarked, “The only point of resemblance between Mr. Francillon’s heroine and King Cophetua lies in her marriage to a ‘beggar’ after she had decided never to marry.” Harry Reid, the owner of the Copleston Estate, dies, leaving a widow, a son, Alan, and a daughter, Helen. With good intentions the mother deceives her children into believing that they are penniless when they are not. Two Americans enter the picture, one good, the other not so. The widow Reid’s plans go awry, and what will Helen do?

Format

320, 32 p. ; 18 cm.

Language

eng

Type

Yellowbacks

Publishers' advertisements 1883

Publishers' paper bindings (Binding)

Provenance

Athenaeum's copy stamped on t.p.: "Received May 2 1888 The Athenaeum."

Citation

Francillon, R. E. (Robert Edward), 1841-1919, “Queen Cophetua,” Yellowbacks, accessed April 25, 2024, http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/yellowbacks/items/show/283.