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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... seemed to tinge the woods with deeper verdure — the translucent stream me- andered in majestic silence , undisturbed by noisy bargemen.— Innocence seemed to rest under the shade of the willows which every where fringed its margin , and ...
... seemed to tinge the woods with deeper verdure — the translucent stream me- andered in majestic silence , undisturbed by noisy bargemen.— Innocence seemed to rest under the shade of the willows which every where fringed its margin , and ...
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... seemed every moment ready to violate . Imagination had long since been exhausted in seeking means of redress . Flight was impossible in a country where I neither knew the roads , the natives , nor whether it supplied an indi- vidual ...
... seemed every moment ready to violate . Imagination had long since been exhausted in seeking means of redress . Flight was impossible in a country where I neither knew the roads , the natives , nor whether it supplied an indi- vidual ...
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... seemed hardly diminished by the removal . A hope nevertheless arose which encouraged each individual to an exertion from whence the general safety was ascertained . Entirely envel- oped in the only watch - coat which had been taken from ...
... seemed hardly diminished by the removal . A hope nevertheless arose which encouraged each individual to an exertion from whence the general safety was ascertained . Entirely envel- oped in the only watch - coat which had been taken from ...
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