Fullerton, Georgiana. Too Strange Not to Be True. R. Bentley, 1864.
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Literary Setting | Mary Ann Cavendish Bradshaw | This second novel, prefaced by a long quotation from Voltaire
, opens in the reign of Peter the Great
and takes place in Russia. The hero is Ferdinand Beleski, who at the end marries... |
Literary Setting | Barbara Hofland | The title-page (like several earlier ones of BH
) quotes Shakespeare
. The novel opens in 1726, with Catherine the first
holding court in Russia after Peter the Great
's death. She had come to... |
Textual Features | Ella Baker | Many of the stories cover well-known ground. The Geese of Rome are the ones that saved the Capitol from surprise attack by gabbling; The Noblest of the Romans is Cincinnatus
laying down the reins of... |
Textual Features | Georgiana Fullerton | Too Strange Not to Be True begins in Louisiana, along the banks of the Mississippi River (where monkeys grinned and chattered amongst the branches Fullerton, Georgiana. Too Strange Not to Be True. R. Bentley, 1864. 1: 44 |
Textual Production | Mary Ann Cavendish Bradshaw | It appeared in two volumes from Tippet
. Its full title is Ferdinand and Ordella, A Russian Story: with authentic anecdotes of the Russian Court after the demise of Peter the Great. The title-page... |
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