Fiction 2/3

Kayla Draney

Mar 65 min read

Jaquelina by Mittie Frances Clark Point

"Jack-we-li-ner!" A girlish head, "running over with curls," lifted itself from the long orchard grass, and listened—the slender, ...

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A Dreadful Temptation; or, A Young Wife's Ambition by Mittie Frances Clark Point

Kayla Draney

Mar 63 min read

Fiction

A Dreadful Temptation; or, A Young Wife's Ambition by Mittie Frances Clark Point

"Hear the mellow wedding bells— Golden bells! What a world of happiness Their melody foretells!" "Hark! there's the wedding march." ...

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Flower and Jewel; or, Daisy Forrest's Daughter by Mittie Frances Clark Point

Kayla Draney

Mar 67 min read

Fiction

Flower and Jewel; or, Daisy Forrest's Daughter by Mittie Frances Clark Point

Young Mrs. Fielding opened her dark, heavy-lidded eyes and gazed thoughtfully about the large, luxurious chamber, from which every ray ...

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Kayla Draney

Mar 69 min read

Fiction

Adrien Leroy by Charles Garvice

It was a cold night in early spring, and the West End streets were nearly deserted. The great shutters of the shops were being drawn ...

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Only One Love; or, Who Was the Heir by Charles Garvice

Kayla Draney

Mar 511 min read

Fiction

Only One Love; or, Who Was the Heir by Charles Garvice

One summer’s evening a young man was tramping through the Forest of Warden. “Forest of Warden” sounds strange, old-fashioned, almost ...

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Kayla Draney

Mar 511 min read

Fiction

Leslie's Loyalty by Charles Garvice

Nobody ever goes to Portmaris; that is to say, nobody who is anybody. It lies—but no matter, ours shall not be the hand to ruin its ...

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The Shadow of a Sin by Charlotte M. Brame

Kayla Draney

Mar 418 min read

Fiction

The Shadow of a Sin by Charlotte M. Brame

"She is coming—my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat Had it lain for a century dead." A ...

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Heriot's Choice: A Tale by Rosa Nouchette Carey

Kayla Draney

Mar 416 min read

Fiction

Heriot's Choice: A Tale by Rosa Nouchette Carey

"Man's importunity is God's opportunity." "O fair, O fine, O lot to be desired! Early and late my heart appeals to me, And says, 'O ...

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Kayla Draney

Mar 413 min read

Fiction

East Lynne by Ellen Wood

In an easy chair of the spacious and handsome library of his townhouse, sat William, Earl of Mount Severn. His hair was gray, the ...

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Pretty Madcap Dorothy; Or, How She Won a Lover by Laura Jean Libbey

Kayla Draney

Feb 299 min read

Fiction

Pretty Madcap Dorothy; Or, How She Won a Lover by Laura Jean Libbey

"It's so hard for working girls to get acquainted. They never meet a rich young man, and they don't want a poor one. It seems to me that ...

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The Spider's Web by St. George Rathborne

Kayla Draney

Feb 168 min read

Fiction

The Spider's Web by St. George Rathborne

“Eight days I have haunted this beehive fought my way through the multitude, looked into tens of thousands of faces, and yet failed to ...

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Kayla Draney

Feb 1517 min read

Fiction

Mildred: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes

The sultry September day was drawing to a close, and as the sun went down, a dark thunder-cloud came slowly up from the west, muttering ...

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Earle Wayne's Nobility by Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs

Kayla Draney

Feb 1410 min read

Fiction

Earle Wayne's Nobility by Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs

“Guilty!” The deep, sonorous voice of the foreman of the jury sounded out upon the solemn stillness of the crowded courtroom like the ...

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Kayla Draney

Feb 1310 min read

Fiction

Queenie Hetherton by Mary Jane Holmes

The morning mail for Merrivale had just arrived, and the postmaster was distributing the letters. Col. Rossiter, who lived in the large ...

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Forrest House: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes

Kayla Draney

Feb 135 min read

Fiction

Forrest House: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes

The first, a small half-sheet, inclosed in a large thick envelope, and addressed in a childish, unformed hand to Mr. James Everard ...

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Olivia: or, It was for Her Sake by Charles Garvice

Kayla Draney

Feb 1311 min read

Fiction

Olivia: or, It was for Her Sake by Charles Garvice

It was in the “merry month” of May, the “beautiful harbinger of summer,” as the poets call it; and one of those charming east winds that ...

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The Presidential Snapshot: or, The All-seeing Eye by Bertram Lebhar

Kayla Draney

Feb 135 min read

Fiction

The Presidential Snapshot: or, The All-seeing Eye by Bertram Lebhar

The President of the United States shook his head with an emphasis which caused the other men gathered around the massive mahogany ...

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Kayla Draney

Feb 126 min read

Fiction

Beautiful but Poor by Julia Edwards

Fancy a dingy old brick house on B— street, New York City—dusty outside and moldy in all its ragged, papered walls inside—a dreary house ...

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Betrothed for a Day: Or, Queenie Trevalyn's Love Test by Laura Jean Libbey

Kayla Draney

Feb 128 min read

Fiction

Betrothed for a Day: Or, Queenie Trevalyn's Love Test by Laura Jean Libbey

“Her lips were silent—scarcely beat her heart, Her eyes alone proclaimed, ‘we must not part;’ Thy hope may perish, or thy friends may ...

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A Corner in Corn; or, How a Chicago Boy Did the Trick by Self-made Man

Kayla Draney

Feb 127 min read

Fiction

A Corner in Corn; or, How a Chicago Boy Did the Trick by Self-made Man

“Has Vance returned yet?” asked Jared Whitemore, a stout, florid-complexioned man of sixty-five, opening the door of his private office ...

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