The RecessFirst published in an era when most novels about young women concentrated on courtship and ended with marriage, The Recess daringly portrays women involved in political intrigues, overseas journeys, and even warfare. The novel is set during the reign of Elizabeth I and features as narrators twin daughters of Mary, Queen of Scots, by a secret marriage. One of the earliest Gothic novels, The Recess pioneered the genre of historical fiction. The novel was also one of the first to describe characters and events from conflicting points of view and was wildly popular in its day. |
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Page xxiv
... Frances Burney that she referred to him as her “favourite” and would not let anyone speak to her while he was on stage.” There is much more agreement about his personality than about his talent. Various sources remember him as a ...
... Frances Burney that she referred to him as her “favourite” and would not let anyone speak to her while he was on stage.” There is much more agreement about his personality than about his talent. Various sources remember him as a ...
Page xxviii
... Frances Burney, and her father—in which the daughter admires and emulates a father who is distinguished in his literary career but controlling and censorious of his daughter's own efforts and independence. MESDAMES LEEs' SCHOOL AND ...
... Frances Burney, and her father—in which the daughter admires and emulates a father who is distinguished in his literary career but controlling and censorious of his daughter's own efforts and independence. MESDAMES LEEs' SCHOOL AND ...
Page xxxii
... Frances Burney; probably Jane Austen, who was a fellow resident of Bath from 1801 to 1806; William Godwin; and Hester Piozzi. They first met Piozzi in Bath in November of 1787. “Miss Lees are charming women,” she wrote upon meeting them ...
... Frances Burney; probably Jane Austen, who was a fellow resident of Bath from 1801 to 1806; William Godwin; and Hester Piozzi. They first met Piozzi in Bath in November of 1787. “Miss Lees are charming women,” she wrote upon meeting them ...
Page xli
... Frances Burney, The Diary and Letters of Mme d'Arblay (1778-1840), ed. Charlotte Barrett (London: Macmillan, 1904), vol. 1, pp. 351, 376, 409. 55. DNB, pp. 800-801; Highfill, pp. 203,205, 209-10. 56. In estimating financial equivalence ...
... Frances Burney, The Diary and Letters of Mme d'Arblay (1778-1840), ed. Charlotte Barrett (London: Macmillan, 1904), vol. 1, pp. 351, 376, 409. 55. DNB, pp. 800-801; Highfill, pp. 203,205, 209-10. 56. In estimating financial equivalence ...
Page xliii
... Frances Burney. 91. The writer of Cecilia: Frances Burney. 92. Tomlins, Victim of Fancy vol. 1, pp. 103-4. 93. Foster, “Abbé Prévost,” p. 455. 94. Hester Thrale Piozzi was acquainted with both the Lee sisters and Ann Radcliffe, as ...
... Frances Burney. 91. The writer of Cecilia: Frances Burney. 92. Tomlins, Victim of Fancy vol. 1, pp. 103-4. 93. Foster, “Abbé Prévost,” p. 455. 94. Hester Thrale Piozzi was acquainted with both the Lee sisters and Ann Radcliffe, as ...
Contents
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xxxviii | |
Chronology of Events in Sophia Lees Life | xlv |
Note on the Text | xlix |
The Recess or A Tale of Other Times | 1 |
Emendations | 327 |
Notes to the Novel | 331 |
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