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The Curse of Clifton

The Curse of Clifton

by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

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Author
Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte, 1819-1899
Title
The curse of Clifton : or, the widowed bride
Original Publication
United States: T. B. Peterson & brothers, 1875.
Credits
Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 70776
Release Date
May 16, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.The Curse of Clifton OR, THE WIDOWED BRIDE.
  2. 2.CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I. THE MOUNTAIN HUT.
  3. 3.CHAPTER II. CLIFTON AND THE BEAUTIES.
  4. 4.CHAPTER III. MRS. CLIFTON, OF HARDBARGAIN.
  5. 5.CHAPTER IV. THE TIDE OF FATE.
  6. 6.CHAPTER V. The Old Man and His Bride.
  7. 7.CHAPTER VI. THE RUPTURED TIE.
  8. 8.CHAPTER VII. THE SEVERED HEARTS.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VIII. LOST AFFECTION.
  10. 10.CHAPTER IX. WOMAN’S PRIDE.
  11. 11.CHAPTER X. THE SISTERS.
  12. 12.CHAPTER XI. MRS. FAIRFAX AND MAJOR CABELL.
  13. 13.CHAPTER XII. SUSPENSE.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XIII. ARCHER CLIFTON’S SKETCHES.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XIV. THE DISCIPLINE OF AFFLICTION.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XV. THE BLACK SEAL.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XVI. MR. CLIFTON’S RESOLUTION.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XVII. THE WIDOWED BRIDE.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVIII. THE YOUNG MOURNER.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIX. CONFESSION.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XX. A DOMESTIC SCENE
  22. 22.CHAPTER XXI. IN THE CITY.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XXII. LIFE’S VARIOUS PHASES.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXIII. ZULEIME.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXIV. THE CATASTROPHE.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXV. “IN PALACE CHAMBERS.”
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXVI GEORGIA.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXVII. CATHERINE.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVIII WINTER EVENINGS AT THE FARM.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIX. THE RETURN.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXX. BETROTHAL.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXXI. THE POISON WORKS.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXXII. DEDICATION.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXIII. “THE MEEKNESS OF LOVE”
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIV. CATHERINE’S REGENCY.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXV. CATHERINE’S PROGRESS.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXVI. THE NIGHT JOURNEY.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVII. THE GOAL.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVIII. CONCLUSION.

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