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Bessie's Fortune

Bessie's Fortune

by Mary Jane Holmes

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Author
Holmes, Mary Jane, 1825-1907
Title
Bessie's Fortune: A Novel
Credits
Produced by Kentuckiana Digital Library, David Garcia, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
15275
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15275
Release Date
March 7, 2005
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.BESSIE'S FORTUNE.
  2. 2.A Novel. — MRS. MARY J. HOLMES, — TO MY NEPHEW, — WALTER H. TWICHELL — (OF WORCESTER. MASS.) — I DEDICATE THIS STORY OF BESSIE, — WHICH WILL REMIND HIM OF A HAPPY YEAR IN EUROPE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.BESSIE'S FORTUNE.
  5. 5.PART I.
  6. 6.THE JERROLDS OF BOSTON.
  7. 7.GREY JERROLD.
  8. 8.LUCY.
  9. 9.THANKSGIVING DAY AT GREY'S PARK.
  10. 10.THE OLD MAN AND THE BOY.
  11. 11.MISS BETSEY McPHERSON.
  12. 12.THE DINNER, AT WHICH BESSIE IS INTRODUCED.
  13. 13.AFTER THE DINNER.
  14. 14.THE HORROR AT THE FARM-HOUSE.
  15. 15.THE INTERVIEW.
  16. 16.AT THE OLD MAN'S BEDSIDE.
  17. 17.THE STORY.
  18. 18.FACING IT.
  19. 19.THE EFFECT OF THE STORY.
  20. 20.GREY AND THE SECRET.
  21. 21.EXPECTING BESSIE.
  22. 22.PART II.
  23. 23.STONELEIGH.
  24. 24.THE McPHERSONS.
  25. 25.AT MONTE CARLO.
  26. 26.LITTLE BESSIE.
  27. 27.AT PENRHYN PARK.
  28. 28.SEVEN YEARS LATER.
  29. 29.NEIL'S DISCOMFORTURE.
  30. 30.JACK AND BESSIE.
  31. 31.CHRISTMAS AT STONELEIGH.
  32. 32.GREY.
  33. 33.CHRISTMAS DAY.
  34. 34.THE CONTRACT.
  35. 35.THE NEW GREY.
  36. 36.MISS McPHERSON AND THE LETTER.
  37. 37.FROM JANUARY TO MARCH.
  38. 38.FROM MARCH TO JUNE.
  39. 39.MRS. ROSSITER-BROWNE.
  40. 40.THE BIRDS WHICH SANG, AND THE SHADOW WHICH FELL.
  41. 41.WHAT GREY AND JACK DID.
  42. 42.WHAT THE McPHERSONS DID.
  43. 43.WHAT DAISY DID.
  44. 44.PART III.
  45. 45.IN ROME.
  46. 46.FAREWELL.
  47. 47.DEAD.
  48. 48.POOR DAISY.
  49. 49.BESSIE'S DECISION.
  50. 50.IN LIVERPOOL.
  51. 51.ON THE SHIP.
  52. 52.GREY AND HIS AUNT.
  53. 53.BESSIE IS PROMOTED.
  54. 54.BESSIE MEETS HER AUNT.
  55. 55.MISS McPHERSON'S HOUSEMAID.
  56. 56.BESSIE'S SUCCESSOR.
  57. 57.BESSIE GOES TO GREY'S PARK.
  58. 58.TELLING BESSIE.
  59. 59.WEDDING BELLS.
  60. 60.BESSIE'S FORTUNE.
  61. 61.OLD FRIENDS.
  62. 62.HOME AGAIN.
  63. 63.JOEL ROGERS' MONUMENT.
  64. 64.After Five Years.

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