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The Recess

The Recess

Lee, Sophia

Paperback

Series: Eighteenth-Century Novels by Women

Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 0813109787
ISBN13: 9780813109787
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: Mar 30 2000
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.98 Width: 6.03 Depth: 9.01
Language: English

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.

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