Given his own socially unconventional attitudes (he had a well-documented disdain for the institution of marriage), I think it's unlikely that the plot of this novel - ostensibly a cautionary tale about choosing the rascal over the upright man for a husband - was anything more than a convenient trop...
TOEDMUND YATES,EDITOR OF "THE WORLD,"IN WHICH PAPER "THE GOLDEN BUTTERFLY"WAS FIRST PUBLISHED,This StoryIS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHORS. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43442Opening: "What do you think, chief?"The speaker, who was leading by a half a length, turned in his saddle and looked at his compa...
Thanks for the heads up Brazilliant!:O)
"GRATITUDE, MY LORD, TO YOU," HE REPLIED.Opening: At twelve o'clock in the morning the anteroom of the town house of the Right Honourable the Earl of Fylingdale was tolerably filled with a mixed company attending his levee. Some were standing at the windows; some were sitting: a few were talking: m...
Illustrated by Warren B. Davis NEW YORK: DODD, MEAD & COMPANY 1899 "OVER THIS RURAL PLACE WE STRAYED AT OUR WILL."Opening: On a certain afternoon in May, about four or five of the clock, I was standing at the open window of my room in that Palace to which Fortune leads her choicest favourites—the Co...
This historical novel in three volumes was considered by the author (a contemporary of Charles Dickens) to be one of his best works. Although the books may be hard to find, I downloaded all three from Google books to my computer and my Kindle. Told in the first person of Dorothy Forster, it is the s...
This novel in three books ia a History of the northumberland Jacobites told through the eyes of a young woman (Dorothy Forster) who is known to have rescued her brother from prison before he can be executed. Author Walter Besant was a contemporary of Chales Dickens and wrote around 100 novels. DOROT...
I stumbled across this book while doing research on the Georgian era for my second novel, FORTUNE'S SON.I had not previously heard of this popular 19th century author.The Lady Of Lynne reminds me in some ways of Dangerous Liasons, a tale in which a nefarious plot is hatched against a perfectly innoc...
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