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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Page x
... opened it , till the last sorrowful scene which closes the overwhelming narration of miseries , I quitted not the book . As I read , I felt all the pains of suspense at my heart , and I know not a term which can convey to you an idea ...
... opened it , till the last sorrowful scene which closes the overwhelming narration of miseries , I quitted not the book . As I read , I felt all the pains of suspense at my heart , and I know not a term which can convey to you an idea ...
Page 203
... opened to receive me , and buried my face in the sattin cloak of Essex . The voice I dreaded rushed upon my ear , and increasing my terror , caused me to grasp my safeguard more closely.— A danger too pressing for apologies obliged that ...
... opened to receive me , and buried my face in the sattin cloak of Essex . The voice I dreaded rushed upon my ear , and increasing my terror , caused me to grasp my safeguard more closely.— A danger too pressing for apologies obliged that ...
Page 316
... opened , as her woe - struck mother dropt upon the earth , had no longer either life , beauty , or lustre - Oh , that my soul had escaped in the groan which followed this horrible conviction ! She faintly shrieked , and remained in a ...
... opened , as her woe - struck mother dropt upon the earth , had no longer either life , beauty , or lustre - Oh , that my soul had escaped in the groan which followed this horrible conviction ! She faintly shrieked , and remained in a ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | vii |
Notes to the Introduction | xxxviii |
Chronology of Events in Sophia Lees Life | xlv |
Copyright | |
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affection alike Ann Radcliffe appeared arms behold bosom Cecil charm conduct Court cried danger dared daughter dear death Dornock dreadful Duke duke of Norfolk Earl Elizabeth Ellinor England eyes fancy fatal fate favorite fear fortune Frances Burney gave Goldsmith Gothic Gothic fiction Gothic novel grief hand happy heart Heaven Hester Piozzi hope Hume idea indulgence Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle King knew Lady Arundel Lady Pembroke Lady Southampton Lee's letter London Lord Arlington Lord Burghley Lord Essex Lord Leicester lover Madam marriage Mary Matilda mind misfortune Mortimer mother nature never noble Norfolk novel once passion perhaps Piozzi pleasure Prince prison Queen of Scots Recess resolved retired Robertson safety secret seemed sense sensible servants shewed sighed silence sister Sophia Lee soul suffer sunk surprize sweet tears tender thee thou thought tion Tracey voice wish wretch youth