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A gothic epistolary romance unfolds through letters among assorted correspondents, tracing a young widowed countess who withdraws to a convent as contested inheritances, disappointed claimants, and revealed family annals create mounting tension. The correspondence exposes grief, political calculation, accusations, and appeals for justice while past secrets and feudal rivalries surface. Narrative voice shifts between intimate confession, legal and moral argument, and chronicle-like family history, examining duty, reputation, inheritance, and female constancy. Melodramatic incidents, ambiguous motives, and gradual revelations complicate alliances and set the stage for further intrigue and confrontation.

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Title: Feudal tyrants; or, The Counts of Carlsheim and Sargans, volume 1 (of 4)

Author: Benedikte Naubert

Translator: M. G. Lewis

Release date: December 15, 2022 [eBook #69553]
Most recently updated: October 19, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: J. F. Hughes, 1807

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FEUDAL TYRANTS, Volume I.

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FEUDAL TYRANTS;
OR,
The Counts of Carlsheim and Sargans.
A ROMANCE.
TAKEN FROM THE GERMAN.
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
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By M. G. LEWIS,
AUTHOR OF
The Bravo of Venice, Adelgitha, Rugantino, &c.
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VOL. I.
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SECOND EDITION.
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The portals sound, and pacing forth
With stately steps and slow,
High potentates, and dames of regal birth,
And mitred fathers in long order go.

Gray.

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London:
Printed by D. N. SHURY, Berwick-Street, Soho,
FOR J. F. HUGHES, WIGMORE STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE.
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1807

FEUDAL TYRANTS,
&c. &c. &c.
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