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The Recess / Sophia Lee ; April Alliston, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Sophia, 1750-1824.
- Series:
- Eighteenth-century novels by women.
- Eighteenth-Century Novels by Women
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Gothic fiction.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (420 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- First 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.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Notes to the Introduction; Chronology of Events in Sophia Lee's Life; Note on the Text; The Recess; or, A Tale of Other Times; Dedication; Advertisement; Volume I. Part I; Part II; Volume II. Part III; Part IV; Volume III. Part IV, continued; Part V; Part VI; Emendations; Notes to the Novel; Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-364).
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813109787
- 0813109787
- 9780813158358
- 0813158354
- OCLC:
- 900344790
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