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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... door ; he entered , and closing the door after him , carefully re - locked it . ' So far all is well , ' muttered the burglar , as he ignited a match and lighted a piece of wax candle which he had brought with him . ' It's lucky that I ...
... door ; he entered , and closing the door after him , carefully re - locked it . ' So far all is well , ' muttered the burglar , as he ignited a match and lighted a piece of wax candle which he had brought with him . ' It's lucky that I ...
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... door , with the intent of leaving the robber to fasten on the lid of the coffin . To his surprise and horror he discovered that the door was locked ! He knocked frantically against it , but was only answered by a low laugh from the ...
... door , with the intent of leaving the robber to fasten on the lid of the coffin . To his surprise and horror he discovered that the door was locked ! He knocked frantically against it , but was only answered by a low laugh from the ...
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... door was shut in Sinclair's face ; with an aching heart he crawled up the steps , and then , as if suddenly nerved with a desperate resolve , he approached the front door , and rang the bell . The door was opened by a footman , who ...
... door was shut in Sinclair's face ; with an aching heart he crawled up the steps , and then , as if suddenly nerved with a desperate resolve , he approached the front door , and rang the bell . The door was opened by a footman , who ...
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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 |