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9781851968602
First published in 1759, this novel promotes the cause of the Magdalen House, a charity which sought to rehabilitate prostitutes by fitting them for a life of virtuous industry. It challenges long-standing prejudices against prostitutes and looks forward to the feminist polemics of Mary Wollstonecraft.Batchelor, Jennie is the author of 'Histories of Some of the Penitents in the Magdalen-House ', published 2006 under ISBN 9781851968602 and ISBN 1851968601.
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