Sophia is a novel published in 1762 by Charlotte Lennox, a British novelist best known for her 1752 satirical novel The Female Quixote.
[1] Originally published in Lennox's periodical The Lady's Museum as Harriet and Sophia between 1760-1, this novel is only the second British novel to be serialized in a magazine, and the first one to be published this way by a woman.
In which Harriot makes a very contemptible Figure.
V. Sir Charles, by a proper Degree of Address and Assurance, extricates himself from a very pressing difficulty.
Sophia entertains Hopes, and becomes more unhappy.
Sophia takes a very extraordinary resolution.
Mr. Herbert and Sophia carry their Point with great Difficulty.
In which Sophia shews less of the Heroine than the Woman.
Sir Charles makes his appearance again.
Mrs. Darnley and Harriot resolve to visit Sophia.
Harriot's Artifices produce the desired Effect on the unsuspecting Sophia.
Mr. Herbert acquaints Sophia with the Result of the Interview between Sir Charles and him.
Sophia suspects the Cause of her Lover's mysterious Conduct.
Sophia is visited by Mrs. Gibbons, and makes new Discoveries.
Displays certain singularities in the character of Sophia, and their effects on the heart of Sir Charles.
Lets the reader into some circumstances that help to display Sir Charles's conduct.
The Baronet's Jealousy accounted for: he leaves England.
Sophia meets with a new Subject of Affliction.
Sophia returns to Town, and hears news that reduces her to Despair.
XXXII Which leaves Sophia in her former Perplexity.
Sophia continues to act romanticly, and Harriot like a Woman who knows the World.
Harriot visits her mother in her Cottage.
Sir Charles appears again upon the Scene.
Sir Charles has an interview with Mr. Lawson.
Sophia receives an unexpected Visit.