The New Magdalen: A NovelHarper & Brothers, 1875 - 325 páginas "The New Magdalen" delivers an enjoyable story of assumed identities, heart-breaking clashes between desire and conventions of society and a social commentary of the constraints of Birth and Life |
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... complete change had come over him ; and it dated from the moment when his aunt had pronounced the name that was not her name - the name that she had stolen ! 6 Lady Janet claimed Julian's attention , and left Horace free to return to ...
... complete change had come over him ; and it dated from the moment when his aunt had pronounced the name that was not her name - the name that she had stolen ! 6 Lady Janet claimed Julian's attention , and left Horace free to return to ...
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... complete success . After performing the operation , he kept her for some days under his own care , and then transferred her to the nearest hospital- the hospital at Mannheim . He was obliged to return to his duties as army surgeon , and ...
... complete success . After performing the operation , he kept her for some days under his own care , and then transferred her to the nearest hospital- the hospital at Mannheim . He was obliged to return to his duties as army surgeon , and ...
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... complete than the misun- derstanding which had now established itself between these two ! Mercy's work - basket was near her . She took it , and gained time for composing herself by pretending to arrange the coloured wools . He stood ...
... complete than the misun- derstanding which had now established itself between these two ! Mercy's work - basket was near her . She took it , and gained time for composing herself by pretending to arrange the coloured wools . He stood ...
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... complete ! Of her own free will , she was going back to the martyrdom of her old life ! Bound as he knew himself to be to let no compromising word or action escape him in the presence of Horace , the irrepressible expression of Julian's ...
... complete ! Of her own free will , she was going back to the martyrdom of her old life ! Bound as he knew himself to be to let no compromising word or action escape him in the presence of Horace , the irrepressible expression of Julian's ...
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... complete and noble pardon of past injuries which it implied , touched Mercy to the heart . She went back to her chair . Again shame and sorrow overpowered her , and again she hid her face . from view . Julian led Horace to a seat , and ...
... complete and noble pardon of past injuries which it implied , touched Mercy to the heart . She went back to her chair . Again shame and sorrow overpowered her , and again she hid her face . from view . Julian led Horace to a seat , and ...
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addressed adopted daughter ALFRED CONCANEN asked aunt beautiful began chair cloth extra Coloured confession cottage creature cried Crown 8vo dear dining-room dress drew Edition England English Engravings enquiries exclaimed eyes face Fcap feel French German gilt edges Grace Roseberry half-morocco hand head hear heard heart Horace Holmcroft Horace's Ignatius Wetzel Illustrations Imperial interest J. R. PLANCHÉ Julian Gray Lady Janet Roy ladyship leave letter library door lips listened London Mablethorpe House Mannheim marriage Mercy Merrick Mercy pointed Mercy's mind Miss Roseberry morocco nephew never nurse old lady once passed person plainly Plates poor Port Logan Portrait position question Refuge reply rose Roseberry's seated servant silence sofa Somerset Herald speak spoke story suddenly surgeon Surville tell thought told tone took turned voice Vols waiting wife woman women words wounded
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