Ellen Middleton—A Tale

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Fullerton Georgiana. Ellen Middleton—A Tale

Ellen Middleton—A Tale

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

CHRISTIAN YEAR

MILTON

OTWAY

CHAPTER I

BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER

CHAPTER II

SHAKESPEARE

BYRON

CHAPTER III

"EXCURSION" - WORDSWORTH

CHAPTER IV

"MOURNING BRIDE."—CONGREVE

CHAPTER V

LORD BYRON

CHAPTER VI

CHRISTIAN YEAR

CHAPTER VII

CRABBE

SHAKESPEARE

CHAPTER VIII

SHAKESPEARE

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

SHAKESPEARE

CHAPTER XI

SHAKESPEARE

CHAPTER XII

YOUNG'S NIGHT THOUGHTS

CHAPTER XIII

SHAKESPEARE

CHAPTER XIV

SPENCER

CHAPTER XV

RACINE

CORNEILLE

"E.M."

"E.M."

CHAPTER XVI

SHAKESPEARE

HENRY'S LETTER

CHAPTER XVII

PHILIP VAN ARTEVELDE

CHAPTER XVIII

TANCRED AND SIGISMUNDA

"H. LOVELL."

CHAPTER XIX

YOUNG'S NIGHT THOUGHTS

SHAKESPEARE

CHAPTER XX

SHAKESPEARE

CHAPTER XXI

THE CORSAIR

CHAPTER XXII

FATAL MARRIAGE

SHAKESPEARE

CHAPTER XXIII

FATAL MARRIAGE

SHAKESPEARE

EDWARD'S LETTER

"E. MIDDLETON."

CHAPTER XXIV

THE GUARDIAN-MASSINGER

POPE

"M. M."

CONCLUSION

SHAKESPEARE

SHAKESPEARE

LAMARTINE

THE END

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Georgiana Fullerton

Published by Good Press, 2021

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The house itself, formerly a monastery, was built on the brow of a steep hill; irregular in shape, it seemed to have been added to, bit by bit, according to the increasing size of the convent. A verandah or balcony of modern date, followed the sinuosities of the old pile, and, from its peculiar position, while at one extremity it was on a level with the grounds, at the other it overhung a precipitous declivity. This bank shelved down to the edge of a rapid stream, which chafed and foamed along the base of the hill against which the house stood.

At one of the ends of the verandah was a rough flight of stone steps, much overgrown with moss, at all times difficult to descend, and, after rain, positively dangerous, from the slippery nature of the footing it afforded. It led to the edge of the river down the bank already described. A longer and more circuitous path began at the opposite extremity of the verandah, and ended at the same point.

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