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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... daughter's play continued apace : it went into a second printing in that year , and the second production opened at Drury Lane on 8 May . ? Sophia seems to have had a vexed relationship with her father that af- fected her literary ...
... daughter's play continued apace : it went into a second printing in that year , and the second production opened at Drury Lane on 8 May . ? Sophia seems to have had a vexed relationship with her father that af- fected her literary ...
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... daughter of Lord Leicester without coveting for her every human advantage.- Unwilling to be swayed by prejudice , I sepa- rately consulted with the few friends fortune had left me ; who all concurred in giving me an impression of the ...
... daughter of Lord Leicester without coveting for her every human advantage.- Unwilling to be swayed by prejudice , I sepa- rately consulted with the few friends fortune had left me ; who all concurred in giving me an impression of the ...
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... daughter's air - the deepening roses of her cheek , and the low accent of her harmonious voice , when politeness obliged her to answer the Prince , whose animated eyes reduced hers often to seek the ground , presented to my elated heart ...
... daughter's air - the deepening roses of her cheek , and the low accent of her harmonious voice , when politeness obliged her to answer the Prince , whose animated eyes reduced hers often to seek the ground , presented to my elated heart ...
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