The Romance of the ForestOxford University Press, 1999 - 397 Seiten "Set in a Roman Catholic Europe of violent passions and extreme oppression, the novel follows the fate of its heroine Adeline, who is mysteriously placed under the protection of a family fleeing Paris for debt. They take refuge in a ruined abbey in south-eastern France, where sinister relics of the past--a skeleton, a manuscript, and a rusty dagger--are discovered in concealed rooms. Adeline finds herself at the mercy of the abbey's proprietor, a libidinous Marquis whose attentions finally force her to contemplate escape to distant regions." -- back cover. |
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... hums , Hath rung night's yawning peal , there shall be done A deed of dreadful note . OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS MACBETH This One 1108 - SXW - XP19 UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street , Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS.
... hums , Hath rung night's yawning peal , there shall be done A deed of dreadful note . OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS MACBETH This One 1108 - SXW - XP19 UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street , Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS.
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