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Young Emily St. Aubert endures a cascade of misfortunes after her parents' deaths,…
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- Author
- Ann Ward Radcliffe
- Form
- novel
- Catalog year
- 1794
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home is the resort Of love, of joy, of peace and plenty, where, Supporting and supported, polish’d friends And dear relations mingle into bliss. THOMSON On the pleasant banks of the Garonne, in the province of Gascony, stood, in the year 1584, the château of Monsieur St. Aubert. From its windows were seen the pastoral landscapes of Guienne and Gascony stretching along the river, gay with luxuriant woods and vine, and plantations of olives. To the south, the view was …
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