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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
The Gentleman's Daughter, Or, A Great City's Temptations ...
The Gentleman's Daughter, Or, A Great City's Temptations
Author: Amelia Opie
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Category : Fathers and daughters
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Agnes Fitzhenry, "the only child of a respectable merchant in a country town" is seduced by Clifford, a soldier, with whom she elopes, which results in her father having a mental breakdown. Learning of her lover's duplicity, Agnes leaves him only to discover that her father has become the inmate of a lunatic asylum when she returns home with an illegitimate son, Edward, in tow. A repentant Agnes raises her son and cares for her father.
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Category : Fathers and daughters
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Agnes Fitzhenry, "the only child of a respectable merchant in a country town" is seduced by Clifford, a soldier, with whom she elopes, which results in her father having a mental breakdown. Learning of her lover's duplicity, Agnes leaves him only to discover that her father has become the inmate of a lunatic asylum when she returns home with an illegitimate son, Edward, in tow. A repentant Agnes raises her son and cares for her father.
Danger! - A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations
Author: William F. Howe
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1528791916
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
“Danger! - A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations” is an 1886 work by American lawyer William Frederick Howe. Howe worked for the Howe and Hummel New York City law firm, which became widely celebrated during the second half of nineteenth century for its cases related to world of crime and corruption. This volume goes into detail describing some of the firm's more notable cases and paints a vivid picture of New York City's criminal underbelly at the turn of the nineteenth century. Contents include: “Ancient and Modern Prisons”, “Criminals and their Haunts”, “Street Arabs of Both Sexes”, “Store Girls”, “The Pretty Waiter Girl”, “Shop-Lifters”, “Kleptomania”, “Panel Houses and Panel Thieves”, “A Theatrical Romance”, “A Mariner's Wooing”, “The Baron and 'Baroness'”, “The Demi-Monde”, “Passion's Slaves and Victims”, etc. Read & Co. History is proudly republishing this classic work now in a brand new edition complete with the introductory chapter 'The Pleasant Fiction of the Presumption of Innocence' by Arthur Train.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1528791916
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
“Danger! - A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations” is an 1886 work by American lawyer William Frederick Howe. Howe worked for the Howe and Hummel New York City law firm, which became widely celebrated during the second half of nineteenth century for its cases related to world of crime and corruption. This volume goes into detail describing some of the firm's more notable cases and paints a vivid picture of New York City's criminal underbelly at the turn of the nineteenth century. Contents include: “Ancient and Modern Prisons”, “Criminals and their Haunts”, “Street Arabs of Both Sexes”, “Store Girls”, “The Pretty Waiter Girl”, “Shop-Lifters”, “Kleptomania”, “Panel Houses and Panel Thieves”, “A Theatrical Romance”, “A Mariner's Wooing”, “The Baron and 'Baroness'”, “The Demi-Monde”, “Passion's Slaves and Victims”, etc. Read & Co. History is proudly republishing this classic work now in a brand new edition complete with the introductory chapter 'The Pleasant Fiction of the Presumption of Innocence' by Arthur Train.
The Gentleman's Daughter
The North American Review
Author: Jared Sparks
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930.
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue. Series II, Phase I, 1816-1870
Author: Avero Publications Limited
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780907977339
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780907977339
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
The Gentleman's Magazine
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Category : Early English newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs.
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Category : Early English newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs.