Title: The chase
Subtitle: or, Along fatal love chase
First published: 1995
Description: Roasamond Vivian, a young girl living with her bitter grandfather, yearns for excitement. When Phillip Tempest pays a visit, Rosamond finds herself charmed by him, though he is nearly twice her age and quite obviously "not a saint." She declares that she would gladly pay a price for happiness, and, thinking that she might change him with her love, marries Tempest a month later. She has no idea just how she'll pay for her decision.
The plot is obviously Faustian, with references throughout to Mephistopheles; early in the novel, Rosamond says, "I often feel as if I'd gladly sell my soul to Satan for a year of freedom."
Subjects: Relationship addiction, Fiction, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Separation (Psychology), Married women, 18.06 Anglo-American literature, Concord (Mass.), Obsession (Psychology), Suspense fiction, Authors, Young women, Love stories, History, Large type books, Europe, fiction, Man-woman relationships, fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Psychological fiction
Places: Europe
People: Ganymede, Ristori, Mephistopheles, Satan
Time periods: 19th century