Self-Control

Self-Control is a novel by the Scottish novelist Mary Brunton, published in 1811. The novel, which had some success in its own time, tells a rocambolesque tale, which inspired Jane Austen when she wrote her Plan of a Novel. 


Part of the author's intent in writing the work was to show "the power of the religious principle in bestowing self-command", and as a rebuttal to the idea that a reformed rake makes the best husband