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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... person which had formerly distinguished her . She related to me , at my request , the particulars of her downfall . She had been cast off by her husband and rejected by her relations with scorn and curses , when the fact of her adultery ...
... person which had formerly distinguished her . She related to me , at my request , the particulars of her downfall . She had been cast off by her husband and rejected by her relations with scorn and curses , when the fact of her adultery ...
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... person unresisting to the arms of a too fascinating seducer . This weakness of my ardent nature has already several times nearly brought me to ruin ; and when your arms just now encircled me , and your lips were pressed to mine , the ...
... person unresisting to the arms of a too fascinating seducer . This weakness of my ardent nature has already several times nearly brought me to ruin ; and when your arms just now encircled me , and your lips were pressed to mine , the ...
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... person who solicits this favor ; for know , ' he continued , removing his mask— ' that I am Don Jose Velasquez , ambassador to this country from the court of Spain ; and however high my rank , I kneel at your feet and— ' ' Say no more ...
... person who solicits this favor ; for know , ' he continued , removing his mask— ' that I am Don Jose Velasquez , ambassador to this country from the court of Spain ; and however high my rank , I kneel at your feet and— ' ' Say no more ...
Índice
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 |