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Venus in Boston : and other tales of nineteenth-century city life
- Title
- Venus in Boston : and other tales of nineteenth-century city life / George Thompson ; edited with an introduction by David S. Reynolds and Kimberly R. Gladman.
- Author
- Thompson, George, 1823-
- Publication
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2002.
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- Description
- liv, 391 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-391).
- Contents
- VENUS IN BOSTON: A ROMANCE OF CITY LIFE -- Blind basket-maker and his family -- Innocence in the grip of lust -- Rescue -- Night in Ann Street -- Chevalier and the Duchess -- Stolen package -- Showing the operations of Jew Mike -- Chambers of love -- CITY CRIMES: OR LIFE IN NEW YORK AND BOSTON -- Young gentleman of wealth and fashion -- Courtezan's story -- Domestic troubles -- Fashionable lady -- Thieves' crib on the five points -- Dark vaults -- False wife -- Subterranean cellar -- Masquerade ball -- Amours of Josephine -- Condemnation to death -- Showing how the dead man escaped -- African and his mistress -- Glimpse of the crimes -- Showing the pranks played -- Showing the voluptuous revellings -- Illustrating the truth of the proverb -- Dead man's story -- Showing how Mrs. Belmont was pursued -- Frank Sydney in the power of his enemies -- Josephine and Mrs. Franklin -- Showing the desperate and bloody combat -- Showing how Sydney was tortured -- Marriage -- Servants' frolics -- Scene on Boston common -- Ruined rector -- Disguised husband -- Wherein one of the characters -- Showing that a man should never marry -- MY LIFE: OR THE ADVENTURES OF GEO. THOMPSON -- In which the author defineth his position -- In which I begin to acquire a knowledge -- In which I become a printer -- In which is enacted a bloody tragedy -- In which I set forth upon my travels -- I encountered a lady acquaintance -- In which is introduced a celebrated comedian -- Deed of blood and horror -- Escape, and a triumph -- Accident -- Six weeks in Leverett Street jail -- "Uncles and nephews" -- My Parting Bow
- Call Number
- JFE 03-11283
- ISBN
- 1558493255 (lib. cloth : alk. paper)
- 1558493263 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2001057396
- OCLC
- 48558827
- Author
- Thompson, George, 1823-
- Title
- Venus in Boston : and other tales of nineteenth-century city life / George Thompson ; edited with an introduction by David S. Reynolds and Kimberly R. Gladman.
- Imprint
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2002.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-391).
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Reynolds, David S., 1948-Gladman, Kimberly R., 1968-
- Research Call Number
- JFE 03-11283