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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Domestick Education manuscript, 1846/1848

0.04 Cubic Feet One legal-sized file folder

This collection contains a four-page autograph manuscript folio entitled "Domestick Education." The unsigned, undated manuscript presents a two-chapter, dual-perspective narrative of Kitty, a frustrated domestic servant, and her mistress, Mrs. Makadoo. The focus on female characters and knowledge of domestic work suggests a likely female authorship. The spelling suggests an American author, although the story is vaguely set in the United Kingdom. Mention of Charles Dickens' Dombey, published in parts between 1846 and 1848, gives us a rough date for when this may have been written.

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Domestick Education manuscript, 1846/1848 0.04 Cubic Feet One legal-sized file folder

This collection contains a four-page autograph manuscript folio entitled "Domestick Education." The unsigned, undated manuscript presents a two-chapter, dual-perspective narrative of Kitty, a frustrated domestic servant, and her mistress, Mrs. Makadoo. The focus on female characters and knowledge of domestic work suggests a likely female authorship. The spelling suggests an American author, although the story is vaguely set in the United Kingdom. Mention of Charles Dickens' Dombey, published in parts between 1846 and 1848, gives us a rough date for when this may have been written.

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