Venus in Boston : and other tales of nineteenth-century city life by Thompson, George, 1823-, Reynolds, David S., 1948-; Gladman, Kimberly R., 1968- instant download

Venus in Boston : and other tales of nineteenth-century city life by Thompson, George, 1823-, Reynolds, David S., 1948-; Gladman, Kimberly R., 1968- instant download

liv, 391 p. : 24 cm, Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-391), Machine generated contents note: VENUS IN BOSTON; -- A ROMANCE OF CITY LIFE -- INTRODUCTION 3 -- CHAPTER I. The blind Basket-maker andhis family. 3 -- CHAPTER II. Innocence in the Grip of Lust. 7 -- CHAPTER III. The Rescue. 17 -- CHAPTER IV. A night in Ann street. 20 -- CHAPTER V. The Chevalier and the Duchess. 52 -- CHAPTER VI. The Stolen Package 75 -- CHAPTER VII. Showing the operations of Jew Mike 90 -- CHAPTER VIII. The Chambers of Love 98 -- CITY CRIMES; -- OR LIFE IN NEW YORK AND BOSTON -- CHAPTER I. A Young Gentleman of Wealth and Fashion 107 -- CHAPTER II. The Courtezansstory 112 -- CHAPTER III. Domestic Troubles 119 -- CHAPTER IV. A Fashionable Lady 124 -- CHAPTER V. A Thieves' Crib on the Five Points 128 -- CHAPTER VI. The Dark Vaults 132 -- CHAPTER VII. Thefalse wife 137 -- CHAPTER VIII. The Subterranean Cellar 147 -- CHAPTER IX. The Masquerade Ball 156 -- Chapter X. The Amours of Josephine 168 -- CHAPTER XI. The Condemnation to Death 172 -- CHAPTER XII. Showing how the Dead Man escaped 178 -- CHAPTER XIII. The Afiican and his Mistress 186 -- CHAPTER XIV. A Glimpse of the Crimes 192 -- CHAPTER XV. Showing the pranks played 204 -- CHAPTER XVI. Showing the Voluptuous Revellings 212 -- CHAPTER XVII. Illustrating the truth of the proverb 219 -- CHAPTER XVIII. The Dead Man's story 227 -- CHAPTER XIX. Showing how Mrs. Belmont was pursued 232 -- CHAPTER XX. Frank Sydney in the Power of his Enemies 236 -- CHAPTER XXI. Josephine and Mrs. Franklin 239 -- CHAPTER XXII. Showing the Desperate and Bloody Combat 249 -- CHAPTER XXIII. Showing how Sydney was tortured 255 -- CHAPTER XXIV. The Marriage 259 -- CHAPTER XXV. Servants'Frolics 268 -- CHAPTER XXVI. Scene on Boston Common 273 -- CHAPTER XXVII. The Ruined Rector 281 -- CHAPTER XXVIII. The Difguised Husband 286 -- CHAPTER XXIX. Wherein one of the Characters 295 -- CHAPTER XXX. Showing that a man should never many 304 -- CONCLUSION 309 -- MY…