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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... thought I , chuckling with glee . ' I shall not need the assistance of those two fellows now - and , if they are still lurking about the house , I will reward them for their trouble and send them away . Ah , lucky thought - lucky thought ...
... thought I , chuckling with glee . ' I shall not need the assistance of those two fellows now - and , if they are still lurking about the house , I will reward them for their trouble and send them away . Ah , lucky thought - lucky thought ...
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... thought . ' So it appears that there are two witnesses whose testimony might tend to the acquittal of Sydney , ' he thought to himself . ' Those two witnesses must be put out of the way ; one of them is now in my power - be is done for ...
... thought . ' So it appears that there are two witnesses whose testimony might tend to the acquittal of Sydney , ' he thought to himself . ' Those two witnesses must be put out of the way ; one of them is now in my power - be is done for ...
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... thought flashed across his mind ; a moment afterwards , his blood curdled with horror , for before him lay the dead body of a man , entirely naked , and far advanced in state of decomposition ; and upon that putrefying corpse had the ...
... thought flashed across his mind ; a moment afterwards , his blood curdled with horror , for before him lay the dead body of a man , entirely naked , and far advanced in state of decomposition ; and upon that putrefying corpse had the ...
Índice
Acknowledgments | vii |
Introduction | ix |
Note on the Texts | lv |
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Venus in Boston: And Other Tales of Nineteenth-century City Life George Thompson Visualização de excertos - 2002 |
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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 |