History of the Duchess of C****, who was confined in a dungeon under ground, by her unrelenting husband, whom she saw but once during her imprisonment of nine years, in which course of time she frequently suffered the severity of extreme hunger, thirst and cold. But happily, a few days before her tyrant's death, he disclosed the secret of her subterraneous abode to a friend; from which she was soon after released by her parents. from the French of Madame de Genlis.

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Title History of the Duchess of C****, who was confined in a dungeon under ground, by her unrelenting husband, whom she saw but once during her imprisonment of nine years, in which course of time she frequently suffered the severity of extreme hunger, thirst and cold. But happily, a few days before her tyrant's death, he disclosed the secret of her subterraneous abode to a friend; from which she was soon after released by her parents. from the French of Madame de Genlis.
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Date of Publication 1812
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Imprint Published by Edward J. Coale. No. 176, Market-Street. Gamble & M'Clean, printers--no. 12, Light-Street.
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"Translated by Maria Josepha, lady Stanley of Alderley, from the 'Adèle et Théodore' of Madame de Genlis."--British Museum. Catalogue supplement.
"Edward J. Coale, no. 176, Market-Street, Baltimore, has published ..."--publisher's advertisement, p. [83-84].
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Parsons, W. Early Catholic Americana,
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du Crest de Saint-Aubin, Stéphanie Félicité. History of the Duchess of C****, who was confined in a dungeon under ground, by her unrelenting husband, whom she saw but once during her imprisonment of nine years, in which course of time she frequently suffered the severity of extreme hunger, thirst and cold. But happily, a few days before her tyrant's death, he disclosed the secret of her subterraneous abode to a friend; from which she was soon after released by her parents. from the French of Madame de Genlis.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 17570, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/17570. Accessed 2024-11-22. 

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