The Recess, Or, A Tale of Other TimesFirst published in an era when most novels about young women concentrated on courtship and marriage, this novel portrays women involved in political intrigues and overseas journeys. It is set during the reign of Elizabeth I, and features as narrators, fictional daughters of Mary, Queen of Scots. |
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... noble cloister . We flew into the garden it bordered , and how strong was the impression of the scene before us ! from the mansion , which stood on a hill , spread a rich and fertile valley , mingled with thickets , half seen or clus ...
... noble cloister . We flew into the garden it bordered , and how strong was the impression of the scene before us ! from the mansion , which stood on a hill , spread a rich and fertile valley , mingled with thickets , half seen or clus ...
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... noble , so deserving a lover . She had caught his frenzy , and realized the fictions of his brain with the same facility . His vast estates , numerous vassals , and still more , his extended and noble connections , flattered her with ...
... noble , so deserving a lover . She had caught his frenzy , and realized the fictions of his brain with the same facility . His vast estates , numerous vassals , and still more , his extended and noble connections , flattered her with ...
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... noble one of his own , where I was educated with his children , without being known to the world.80 The kindness of this nobleman well deserves commemoration , since to the compassion awakened by my youth and helpless state , nothing ...
... noble one of his own , where I was educated with his children , without being known to the world.80 The kindness of this nobleman well deserves commemoration , since to the compassion awakened by my youth and helpless state , nothing ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | vii |
Notes to the Introduction | xxxviii |
Chronology of Events in Sophia Lees Life | xlv |
Copyright | |
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