The Recess, Or, A Tale of Other TimesUniversity Press of Kentucky, 2000 - 364 Seiten First published in an era when most novels about young women concentrated on courtship and marriage, this novel portrays women involved in political intrigues and overseas journeys. It is set during the reign of Elizabeth I, and features as narrators, fictional daughters of Mary, Queen of Scots. |
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... Lee's portrayal of Queen Elizabeth “ realistic . " Montague Sum- mers says that " the personages for the most part act according to history , but they act from entirely different motives . ” 27 But J.M.S. Tompkins in the 1930s set the ...
... Lee's portrayal of Queen Elizabeth “ realistic . " Montague Sum- mers says that " the personages for the most part act according to history , but they act from entirely different motives . ” 27 But J.M.S. Tompkins in the 1930s set the ...
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... Lees . They were invited each evening to Sophia Lee's drawing room to meet company or would accompany one or two of the Lee sisters to the soirées at which they mingled with Bath society.86 There were quite a few girls ' schools in Bath ...
... Lees . They were invited each evening to Sophia Lee's drawing room to meet company or would accompany one or two of the Lee sisters to the soirées at which they mingled with Bath society.86 There were quite a few girls ' schools in Bath ...
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... Lee's mother , Anna Sophia , living and working in Dublin ; joined late in the season by John Lee . The family resides in Edinburgh , where John Lee manages his own theater and Anna Sophia Lee performs in his company . The Lees are ...
... Lee's mother , Anna Sophia , living and working in Dublin ; joined late in the season by John Lee . The family resides in Edinburgh , where John Lee manages his own theater and Anna Sophia Lee performs in his company . The Lees are ...
Inhalt
Acknowledgments | vii |
Notes to the Introduction | xxxviii |
Chronology of Events in Sophia Lees Life | xlv |
Urheberrecht | |
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affection alike Ann Radcliffe appeared arms behold bosom Cecil charm conduct Court cried danger dared daughter dear death Dornock dreadful Duke duke of Norfolk Earl Elizabeth Ellinor England eyes fancy fatal fate favorite fear fortune Frances Burney gave Goldsmith Gothic Gothic fiction Gothic novel grief hand happy heart Heaven Hester Piozzi hope Hume idea indulgence Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle King knew Lady Arundel Lady Pembroke Lady Southampton Lee's letter London Lord Arlington Lord Burghley Lord Essex Lord Leicester lover Madam marriage Mary Matilda mind misfortune Mortimer mother nature never noble Norfolk novel once passion perhaps Piozzi pleasure Prince prison Queen of Scots Recess resolved retired Robertson safety secret seemed sense sensible servants shewed sighed silence sister Sophia Lee soul suffer sunk surprize sweet tears tender thee thou thought tion Tracey voice wish wretch youth