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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... thought I , " did I leave the happy solitude in which she placed me , only to ruin the object of my affections , and deliver myself up to an inexorable tyrant , who can wreak her malice without even being suspected ! " While thus lost ...
... thought I , " did I leave the happy solitude in which she placed me , only to ruin the object of my affections , and deliver myself up to an inexorable tyrant , who can wreak her malice without even being suspected ! " While thus lost ...
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... Thought rose tumultuously on thought , till in one moment the terrible whole flashed upon my mind . I seemed once more in that magnificent bed which from the peaceful asylum of love an instant converted into the bier of death - once ...
... Thought rose tumultuously on thought , till in one moment the terrible whole flashed upon my mind . I seemed once more in that magnificent bed which from the peaceful asylum of love an instant converted into the bier of death - once ...
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... thought there was no safety but in flight— he was gone , and my sister , it was plain , had accompanied him - both had surrendered me up a hopeless , helpless victim , however unoffending — even tears , as well as language , now failed ...
... thought there was no safety but in flight— he was gone , and my sister , it was plain , had accompanied him - both had surrendered me up a hopeless , helpless victim , however unoffending — even tears , as well as language , now failed ...
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