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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... Look , " continued Jew Mike , getting into a philosophical strain , and stroking his enormous beard with an air of profound complacency— “ Look at that venerable looking old gentleman , who every Sabbath stands in his pulpit to declaim ...
... Look , " continued Jew Mike , getting into a philosophical strain , and stroking his enormous beard with an air of profound complacency— “ Look at that venerable looking old gentleman , who every Sabbath stands in his pulpit to declaim ...
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... Look at David - look at Solomon - both good men ; -they enjoyed the delights of love , and are now saints in Heaven , and why may not we do the same ? Why , my dear , it is the special privilege of the ministry to— ' ' Ruin us young ...
... Look at David - look at Solomon - both good men ; -they enjoyed the delights of love , and are now saints in Heaven , and why may not we do the same ? Why , my dear , it is the special privilege of the ministry to— ' ' Ruin us young ...
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... look at that one standing before the glass ; what breasts - what legs - what a form - what - heavens ! I shall go crazy if I look much longer ! ' ' Now , in my way of thinking , ' said the deacon - ' that young thing of sixteen is the ...
... look at that one standing before the glass ; what breasts - what legs - what a form - what - heavens ! I shall go crazy if I look much longer ! ' ' Now , in my way of thinking , ' said the deacon - ' that young thing of sixteen is the ...
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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 |