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LEE, HARRIET and SOPHIA. Canterbury Tales. Half-titles in Volumes, 2, 3, and 5 as issued, not called for in Volume 1 and not present in Volume 4. 5 volumes. 8vo, modern 1/4 brown calf gilt with red morocco lettering pieces; scattered foxing and minor stains. London: G. G. and J. Robinson 1797-1805
first edition of the Lee sisters' most extensive and successful collaboration, loosely modelled on Chaucer but set in the present. "The work contains twelve stories--chiefly tales of sentimental adventure with recurring Gothic elements and occasional echoes of Prévost and d'Arnaud--and a lively introductory essay by Sophia . . . The tales are told by a company of travelers who wait, snowbound, at an inn at Canterbury" (DLB). Two notable Gothic narratives are Sophia's The Two Emilys, which takes up the whole of Volume 2, and Harriet's Kruitzer, which inspired an 1823 stage adaptation by Lord Byron titled Werner. Summers, Gothic Bibliography, pages 258-59.
