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AlexBell · 03-06-2018, 02:50 AM

I'm struggling to prepare Ann Radcliffe's last novel Gaston de Blondeville for the MR ebook library. It was published in 1860 or so, and she wrote it as though it was a book written soon after the reign of Henry III of England using the language of the time.

I'm using the original 1860 book as the source text, and find the sentence

'the most of the assemblage began to look ychon in other's face.'

I can't find a definition of the word ychon anywhere - apart perhaps as an Asian surname. Can anyone help?

I suspect that it is a publisher/printer/typesetter error, and am tempted to use 'the most of the assemblage began to look each one in the other's face.' Any comments?

03-06-2018, 02:50 AM	#1
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	What does 'ychon' mean? I'm struggling to prepare Ann Radcliffe's last novel Gaston de Blondeville for the MR ebook library. It was published in 1860 or so, and she wrote it as though it was a book written soon after the reign of Henry III of England using the language of the time. I'm using the original 1860 book as the source text, and find the sentence 'the most of the assemblage began to look ychon in other's face.' I can't find a definition of the word ychon anywhere - apart perhaps as an Asian surname. Can anyone help? I suspect that it is a publisher/printer/typesetter error, and am tempted to use 'the most of the assemblage began to look each one in the other's face.' Any comments?