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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... desire , which Fowler insisted was equally strong in men and women . Fowler became the era's leading promoter of the idea that sexual satisfaction was essential to a woman's physical and emotional well- being . He titled a chapter of ...
... desire , which Fowler insisted was equally strong in men and women . Fowler became the era's leading promoter of the idea that sexual satisfaction was essential to a woman's physical and emotional well- being . He titled a chapter of ...
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... desire to enjoy a more familiar intimacy with a feminine pupil , and is apt to result in the teacher's ignominious ejection from the house and family which he attempts to dishonor . With the exception of Mr. Price's insults , ( from ...
... desire to enjoy a more familiar intimacy with a feminine pupil , and is apt to result in the teacher's ignominious ejection from the house and family which he attempts to dishonor . With the exception of Mr. Price's insults , ( from ...
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... desire nothing better than an opportunity to punish your presumption . ' As they descended the stairs , Josephine and her mother , alarmed by the noise of the dispute , issued from their rooms , and when Frank had given them a hasty ...
... desire nothing better than an opportunity to punish your presumption . ' As they descended the stairs , Josephine and her mother , alarmed by the noise of the dispute , issued from their rooms , and when Frank had given them a hasty ...
Índice
Acknowledgments | vii |
Introduction | ix |
Note on the Texts | lv |
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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 |