The Female Quixote (1752) is a novel by Charlotte Lennox. A parody of Miguel de Cervantesâ Don Quixote , Lennoxâs novel was an immediate critical and commercial success. Boosted by praise from Samuel Johnson, Henry Fiel...
The Female Quixote, a vivacious and ironical novel parodying the style of Cervantes, portrays Arabella, the beautiful daughter of a marquis, whose passion for reading romances colors her approach to her own life and causes many comical and melodramatic...