Sarah Scott, A Description of Millenium Hall and the Country Adjacent

Nicholas Seager (University of Keele)

Ed. by Nicholas Seager, University of Keele
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.05: English Writing and Culture from the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution, 1689-1789.
Vol. editors: Paul Baines (University of Liverpool), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Pat Rogers (University of South Florida), Nicholas Seager (University of Keele)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1762

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

Sarah Scott’s A Description of Millenium Hall (1762) is a novel that describes an ideal society set up by a group of gentry-class women. The anonymous narrator is a gentleman travelling with a younger, rakish companion named Lamont; when their carriage breaks down, they seek assistance in a nearby “hospitable mansion” (Scott 58) that the narrator subsequently dubs “Millenium Hall” in allusion to its status as an earthly paradise, saying that he “avoid[s] giving the real name, fearing to offend that modesty which has induced [the inhabitants] to conceal their virtues in retirement” (53). Millenium Hall is an all-female, utopian sanctuary. The ladies who reside there are pious paragons, …

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Citation: Seager, Nicholas. "A Description of Millenium Hall and the Country Adjacent". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 November 2016 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=23815, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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