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 xxxiv
... thing Lee did in retirement was publish the first novel she had written, The Life of a Lover, in 1804. Piozzi describes the Lees as looking well and happy at this time, but also notes that “Miss Lees xxxiv / Introduction.
... thing Lee did in retirement was publish the first novel she had written, The Life of a Lover, in 1804. Piozzi describes the Lees as looking well and happy at this time, but also notes that “Miss Lees xxxiv / Introduction.
Page xxxv
Sophia Lee. happy at this time, but also notes that “Miss Lees and we have met twice or thrice, but either the Life of a Lover, Sophia's new novel, is not out, or I have not seen it. Holcroft's Paris and Miss Edgeworth's Popular Tales ...
Sophia Lee. happy at this time, but also notes that “Miss Lees and we have met twice or thrice, but either the Life of a Lover, Sophia's new novel, is not out, or I have not seen it. Holcroft's Paris and Miss Edgeworth's Popular Tales ...
Page xxxvi
... happy versatility of the human character, “Stream like wat'ry sunbeams through a cloud.” During the many years which these volumes have remained in my closet,” such changes in nations, manners, and principles have been made, as defy all ...
... happy versatility of the human character, “Stream like wat'ry sunbeams through a cloud.” During the many years which these volumes have remained in my closet,” such changes in nations, manners, and principles have been made, as defy all ...
Page xxxvii
... happy enough to obtain it. Ah! remember, readers, that Genius, like some rare plants, requires those rays, which scattered ripen all other productions of nature, to be concentrated, ere its fruits can be brought to perfection.” Not long ...
... happy enough to obtain it. Ah! remember, readers, that Genius, like some rare plants, requires those rays, which scattered ripen all other productions of nature, to be concentrated, ere its fruits can be brought to perfection.” Not long ...
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Contents
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ix | |
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 |
363 | |
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