About this title: This is a sentimental romance with a Gothic setting, written in 1793 by Charlotte Smith, a poet and novelist who wrote to support her eight children. It is a complex story concerning Orlando, a second son, who must enter the military service for a living while his older brother wastes the family's small fortune. Orlando has a slight hope of an inheritance from a distant relative, the last owner of the Manor House, whose sinister housekeeper maintains her orphaned niece, one of Orlando's childhood friends. Around these two disinherited young people there is woven a plot of midnight meetings in ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, London New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket. Green cloth covers with gold title on spine; no jacket; medium wear to covers that is heavier at the edges; usual library markings, otherwise pages are clean and unmarked; 544 pgs. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Broadview Pr
Date Published: 2002-09-01
ISBN-13:9781551112138ISBN:1551112132
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781551112138. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dodo Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781409915539ISBN:1409915530
Description: New. BRAND NEW and ready for dispatch. Delivery normally within 4/7 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford U. P
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780192553171ISBN:0192553178
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. VGC. Oxford University Press, 1969. Rare first edition-first printing. Green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with laminated Dj cover(small nicks on the edge of the cover, small ink mark, crease and scratch on the laminated cover), both in VGC. Ex-Library book with stamp, pocket, sticker but in VGC. Nice & clean pages with a couple of marks and light shelf wear on the outer edges, marks on the first & last blank pages of the book, some creases on the edges ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Broadview Press
Date Published: 2002-09-19
ISBN-13:9781551112138ISBN:1551112132
Description: Fair. 2002 Broadview Press softcover. 5 pages in middle of book have light moisture wear/wrinkling. Underlining and notes throughout. Cover and edge wear. Good otherwise! Binding tight and square. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1989-04-13
ISBN-13:9780192822024ISBN:0192822020
Description: Good. 1989 Oxford Univ. Press softcover. Tanning on page edges. Wear on cover edges. Bookstore stickers on cover. Great Otherwise! Binding tight and square. Interior clean and unmarked. read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using International Priority Airmail. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Heavier and more expensive items have tracking number. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dodo Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781409915539ISBN:1409915530
Description: New. Charlotte Turner Smith (1749-1806) was an English poet and novelist whose works have been credited with influencing Jane Austen, William Wordsworth and particularly Charles Dickens. She was both a poet and an author whose works fall under the Romantic... read more
Edition: No Edition Stated
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Oxford University Press, London, England
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good Plus in Good Plus jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Green with gold lettering, 544 pages. Usual library marks etc. Plastic DJ is attached to the covers. Book would be very good if not ex-library. read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using DHL or Royal Mail international mail WITH TRACKING NUMBER. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, London
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good. No Jacket. Bound in green cloth, a little worn, clean and tight inside. Edited by Anne Henry Ehrenpreis. First published in four volumes in 1793. Novel. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Printed for J. Bell, London
Date Published: 1793
Description: Bookseller's description pasted to the front paste-down of volume one; very nice copy. Garside, Raven amd Schöwerling 1793: 39; Summers, A Gothic Bibliography, page 185; NCBEL II, 684. 4 vols, 12mo, modern reddish-brown half calf period style, marbled paper boards, gilt rules and lettering. Half-titles present. ¶ Written about midway in Charlotte Smith's career as an author and generally lauded as her finest work-a novel with a striking and memorable heroine in Grace Ryland and a narrative ... read more
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