The History of a Man of the Mode; or, A Sketch of Real Life under Fictitious Names
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Genre: | Short Fiction |
Subjects: | Feeling, Mental Illness, Hospitals |
Two of the women seduced and deserted in a pregnant condition by the anti-hero become insane. One is admitted to a 'public receptacle for lunatics' (239), the other becomes a patient of the 'justly celebrated Dr. W——' (241). | |
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