The Children of the Abbey
Speaking of books. I read an old one of Aunt Ruth’s the other day–The Children of the Abbey. The heroine fainted in every chapter and cried quarts if any one looked at her. But as for the trials and persecutions she underwent, in spite of her delicate frame, their name was Legion and no fair maiden of these degenerate days could survive half of them–not even the newest of new women. I laughed over the book until I amazed Aunt Ruth, who thought it a very sad volume.
-Emily Climbs ch.16
The Children of the Abbey
Regina Maria Roche
The Children of the Abbey is a gothic novel published in 1796. You can read more about it at University of British Columbia Wiki.
Source
http://wiki.elearning.ubc.ca/TheChildrenoftheAbbey
Last modified: January 10, 2009
