The Man of Feeling

Mackenzie's hugely popular novel of 1771 is the foremost work of the sentimental movement, in which sentiment and sensibility were allied with true virtue, and sensitivity is the mark of the man of feeling. The hero, Harley, is followed in a series of episodes demonstrating his benevolence in an uncaring world: he assists the down-trodden, loses his love, and fails to achieve worldly success. The novel asks a series of vital questions: what morality is possible in a complex commercial world? Does trying to maintain it make you a saint or a fool? Is sentiment merely a luxury for the leisured classes?

Introduction

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Note on the Text

xxv

Select Bibliography

xxvii

A Chronology of Henry Mackenzie

xxxi

The Man of Feeling

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Appendix 1. Henry Mackenzie, The Lounger, no. 20, Saturday, 18 June 1785

99

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Appendix 2. From Henry Mackenzie, Julia de Roubigne

104

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Appendix 3. Index to Tears

110

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Explanatory Notes

113

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