Venus in Boston: And Other Tales of Nineteenth-century City LifeUniversity of Massachusetts Press, 2002 - 391 páginas This volume reprints three short works by George Thompson, one of antebellum America's most successful authors of sensational fiction. There are two novels, Venus in Boston and City Crimes, which depict the American city as a place of dark mystery, along with Thompson's autobiography. |
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... delight I felt at my approaching happiness . ' Yes , ' I continued , ' to - morrow night I shall be the happiest of men ; but madam , why delay until to - morrow night that felicity which may as well be enjoyed to - night ? You can ...
... delight I felt at my approaching happiness . ' Yes , ' I continued , ' to - morrow night I shall be the happiest of men ; but madam , why delay until to - morrow night that felicity which may as well be enjoyed to - night ? You can ...
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... delight ; he threw his arm around me , and kissed me repeatedly , then his hand began the exploration to which I have alluded . I suffered him to proceed just far enough to set his passions in a blaze ; and then , breaking from his ...
... delight ; he threw his arm around me , and kissed me repeatedly , then his hand began the exploration to which I have alluded . I suffered him to proceed just far enough to set his passions in a blaze ; and then , breaking from his ...
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... delight , I spurned him from me as I would have spurned the most loathsome reptile that crawls amid the foetid horrors of a dungeon vault . That was the moment of my triumph ; I had led him step by step , until he felt assured of his ...
... delight , I spurned him from me as I would have spurned the most loathsome reptile that crawls amid the foetid horrors of a dungeon vault . That was the moment of my triumph ; I had led him step by step , until he felt assured of his ...
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Acknowledgments | vii |
Introduction | ix |
Note on the Texts | lv |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
admiration American Antiquarian Society antebellum arms beautiful blood Bowie knife Captain cellar chamber charming Chevalier City Crimes concealed countenance cried Dark Vaults daughter Dead dear death delight devil Doctor dollars door dreadful dressed Duchess dungeon entered escape exclaimed eyes face Fanny Aubrey fear fiction followed Frank Sydney Franklin Fred Archer gaze George Lippard George Thompson girl Goldworthy hand handsome happy heart heaven hideous honor horror hour husband instantly Jack Jack Slack Jew Mike Josephine Julia kiss ladyship libertine look lover marriage masquerade ball mother murder mysteries Nero never night novels old gentleman P. T. Barnum passion person Peter York poor prison prostitution Raymond reader replied Romaine ruffian seated sensation fiction Sinclair smile soon Sophia soul street Thompson thou thought Tickels tone villain voluptuous whispered wife wine woman words wretch York young lady
Referências a este livro
The Cambridge Introduction to The Nineteenth-Century American Novel Gregg Crane Pré-visualização indisponível - 2007 |
The Kentucky Tragedy: A Story of Conflict and Change in Antebellum America Dickson D. Bruce, Jr. Pré-visualização limitada - 2006 |