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Charlotte Lennox

QuynhMarian Nguyen

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Henrietta- summaries

Oct. 26. 2015

Plot Summary:

Henrietta, a beautiful orphan woman was under the care and supervision of her aunt Lady meadows, when her parents passed away. Lady Meadows was a superficial woman, who wanted Henrietta to converted to Catechism. Her aunt also wanted her to marry sir Isaac Darby, who was old enough to be Henrietta’s father. Henrietta refused to marry Sir Isaac Darby and ran away to reside with Lady Manning. At her new residence, Henrietta was able to gain the affection of Lady Manning’s lover. Feeling threatened by Henrietta beauty, Lady Manning decide to arrange a marriage proposal for Henrietta. Lady Manning wanted to marry her worker Mr. Jones; Henrietta simply refused by running away again from Lady Manning Residence.

As Henrietta ran away from her aunt, she met a companion, Ms. Woodby, in a carriage. She asked Ms. Woodby to assist her with finding a place to lodge. Ms. woodby provided her an address, however, the carriage man made a mistake and  she was taken to a Ms. Eccles resident for lodging. Later she relinquished ties with Ms. Woodby due to a quarreled over a gentlemen that caught Henrietta’s eyes. Henrietta already informed Ms. Woodby, she was interested in the gentleman, however, Ms. Woodby tempted him anyways.

Henrietta meets more trouble when she doesn’t have enough money to support herself. She took on various jobs to provide for herself. She later accompanied Ms. Belmourn to London where she meets, Melvil and Freeman. Melvil turned out to be a marquis, who fell in love with Henrietta. The love was reciprocated; they decided to marry, however, Henrietta did not have enough money for dowry. Later, she decided to take Ms. Meadow’s preposition and join the convent in order to receive her inheritance. However, old Mr. Damer come back into the story to match the 10,000 pounds needed for Henrietta to marry Melvil. They Married and moved away together.

Three Characters:

Henrietta is a young woman of her prime. She is both beautiful and intelligent. Her parents passed away when she was young. She lived with her aunt until they tried to marry her off to someone she doesn’t love. She ran away and encounter many hurdles to find ultimately find love in the end with Marquis Melvil. Lady Meadows is a superficial woman that values dame and money like other high- ranking social woman. She wanted to marry sir Isaac Darby, who was old enough to be Henrietta’s father. She also wanted to converted her niece to Catechism. She was unsuccessful with both preposition, making her niece rebelled against her and ran away from home. Melvil was Freeman’s ( turns out to be Henrietta’s Brother) companion when he was traveling in London. Melvil turned out to be marquis; he feel infatuated with Henrietta and has desires to marry her. When he told this information to Freeman this information, Freeman told Melvil to keep Henrietta as his mistress.

Outline the structure of the Novel as a whole:

In Henrietta, Charlotte Lennox organized her writing in two volume with various short chapters with the volume. The chapters also had a brief overview about what the chapters would be about prior to reading the chapters. This concept was fairly new, because during Lennox’s time because short novella and brief narratives were extremely popular. Chapter story were rarely used.

Narrator’s Tone or Perspective:

The story was based off Henrietta's perspective. The tone of the author may sound judgemental. She is extremely critical of her aunt’s action. Mostly when she judges Lady Meadow’s view on her religion. “She  had a powerful interest, joined to the Jesuit’s insinuating manners, acquired him so great credit with Lady Meadows governed herself wholly by his advice; and that the great work or her salvation might be perfected, and her world and action be under his direction, he lived in the house, with her, where he ruled the most arbitrary manners; his absolute empire over the conscience of my lady , rendering his dominion over all that had any dependence on her as uncontrolled as he could desire.” This phrase make her seem also sarcastic in a way, because she’s ridiculing Lady Meadows for believing that if she follows the priest every order, her sins would be redeemed and she would be able to return to God’s side.

Novel’s Theme:

In Charlotte Lennox, Henrietta, the main theme was betrayal. Henrietta wanted to be protected by her aunts. However, they arrange her marriage without Henrietta’s interests in mind. Another good example of betrayal was portrayed in  Ms. Woodby. Henrietta informed Ms. woodby of her interest in a gentleman, however, Ms. Woodby tempted the gentleman ending their friendship.  

Novel’s overview as a whole:

Henrietta is a beautiful maiden in distress. She became an orphan at a young age and when she tried to rely on her two close family member they both wanted to marry her off. Henrietta answered her aunts preposition by simply running away from home. As she continued her adventure, she was able to discover her true love in the end.

Works Cited:

Lennox, Charlotte, Ruth Perry, and Susan Carlile. Henrietta. Lexington, KY: U of

Kentucky, 2008. Print.