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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... hand grasped a dagger - the instrument of her death ; the bed on which she lay was literally soaked with her blood , and my hand was stained with it . Then I comprehended her words - ' I will not then resist you ! ' I staggered back ...
... hand grasped a dagger - the instrument of her death ; the bed on which she lay was literally soaked with her blood , and my hand was stained with it . Then I comprehended her words - ' I will not then resist you ! ' I staggered back ...
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... hand . I never had been allowed any pocket money , even on the Fourth of July ; and this large sum had come into my ... hand before me . That hand , by the way , still tenaciously grasped the invaluable sixpence 318 MY LIFE.
... hand . I never had been allowed any pocket money , even on the Fourth of July ; and this large sum had come into my ... hand before me . That hand , by the way , still tenaciously grasped the invaluable sixpence 318 MY LIFE.
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... hand , and let's go up to the bar and take a social drink . " " Jack , " said I , seriously and very calmly- " I will shake hands with you in friendship , but I candidly confess that I do not like you ; and I believe that it will be ...
... hand , and let's go up to the bar and take a social drink . " " Jack , " said I , seriously and very calmly- " I will shake hands with you in friendship , but I candidly confess that I do not like you ; and I believe that it will be ...
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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 |