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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, ©2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PS3032.T29 V46 2002 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- liv, 391 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Thompson, George, 1823-
- Thompson, George, 1823-
- 1800-1899
- City and town life > Fiction
- Authors, American > 19th century > Biography
- Authors, American
- City and town life
- City and town life > United States > History > 19th century > Fiction
- Boston (Mass.) > Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) > Fiction
- Massachusetts > Boston
- New York (State) > New York
- Genre/Form
- novels.
- Novels
- Biographies
- Fiction
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Romans.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 1558493255
- 9781558493254
- 1558493263
- 9781558493261
- LCCN
- 2001057396
- OCLC
- ocm48558827
- 48558827
- SCSB-9097106
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library