The Hidden Hand, Or, Capitola the MadcapRutgers University Press, 1988 - 498 Seiten E.D.E.N. Southworth was one of the most popular and prolific writers of the nineteenth century and her Capitola Black, or Black Cap - a cross-dressing, adventure-seeking girl-woman - was so well-loved that the book was serialized three times between 1859 and 1888 and was dramatized in forty different versions. When we first meet sharp and witty Capitola she is living among beggars and street urchins, and dressed as a boy because a boy can get work and be safe, whereas a girl is left to starve for want of "proper" employment. Unknown to her, Capitola has a very rich elderly guardian who finds her at a providential moment and takes her back to his palatial mansion where she finds herself "decomposing above ground for want of having my blood stirred." But not to fear. There are bandits, true-loves, evil men, long-lost mothers, and sweet women friends in Capitola's future - not to mention thunder storms, kidnap attempts, and duels. The pace is fast, the action wonderfully unbelievable. This is escape literature at its nineteenth-century best, with a woman at its center who makes you feel strong, daring, and reckless. |
Inhalt
CONTENTS | 10 |
The Nocturnal Visit 73 | 11 |
The Masks | 15 |
The Quest | 30 |
Capitola | 33 |
The Discovery | 38 |
A Short Sad Story | 42 |
Metamorphosis of the Newsboy | 48 |
Old Hurricane Storms | 256 |
Caps Visit to the Hidden House | 263 |
The Hidden Hollow | 269 |
The Hidden House | 275 |
The Inmate of the Hidden House | 281 |
Caps Return | 287 |
Another Mystery at the Hidden House | 292 |
Cap Frees the Captive | 296 |
Herbert Greyson | 54 |
Marah Rocke | 61 |
The Room of the Trapdoor | 71 |
A Mystery and a Storm at Hurricane Hall | 78 |
Marahs Dreams | 87 |
Marahs Memories | 93 |
The Wasting Heart | 100 |
Caps Country Capers | 108 |
Caps Fearful Adventure | 114 |
Another Storm at Hurricane Hall | 119 |
The Doctors Daughter | 129 |
The Resigned Soul | 135 |
The Outlaws Rendezvous | 140 |
Gabriel Le Noir | 147 |
The Smuggler and Capitola | 151 |
The Boys Love | 165 |
Capitolas Mother | 173 |
Caps Tricks and Perils | 182 |
The Peril and the Pluck of Cap | 192 |
Seeking His Fortune | 200 |
A Panic in the Outlaws Den | 209 |
The Victory Over Death | 220 |
The Orphan | 232 |
The Orphans Trial | 241 |
Cap in Captivity | 312 |
An Unexpected Visitor at Marahs Cottage | 321 |
Cap Rests on Her Laurels and Spoils for a Fight | 329 |
Black Donald | 336 |
Glory | 342 |
Cap Captivates a Craven | 349 |
Caps Rage | 360 |
Capitola Caps the Climax | 368 |
Black Donalds Last Attempt | 378 |
The Awful Peril of Capitola | 384 |
The Next Morning | 394 |
A Fatal Hatred | 400 |
The Court Martial | 413 |
The Verdict | 418 |
The End of the War | 425 |
The Fortunate Bath | 432 |
The Mysterious Maniac | 439 |
The Maniacs Story | 444 |
End of the Ladys Story | 449 |
Prospects Brighten | 458 |
Capitola a Capitalist | 465 |
There Shall be Light at the Eventide | 476 |
Explanatory Notes | 487 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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