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The Old Countess

The Old Countess

by Ann S. Stephens

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Author
Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886
Title
The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals
Credits
Produced by Roberta Staehlin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
29862
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29862
Release Date
August 30, 2009
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A SEQUEL TO "LORD HOPE'S CHOICE." — PHILADELPHIA: T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS; 306 CHESTNUT STREET.
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.THE OLD COUNTESS; OR, THE TWO PROPOSALS.
  4. 4.CHAPTER I. LOVE-LIGHTS IN TWO HEARTS.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. CLARA APPEALS TO HER STEPMOTHER.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. LOVER'S QUARREL.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. THE ITALIAN TEACHER.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER IN OPPOSITION.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. SOME OLD ACQUAINTANCES GET INTO A CONJUGAL DIFFICULTY.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. THE OPERATIC SUPPER.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. BEHIND THE SCENES.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX. THE FIRST PERFORMANCE.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. THE TWO FOSTER-CHILDREN MEET.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. LADY CLARA QUARRELS WITH HER STEPMOTHER.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. THE OLD PRISONER.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. THE OLD COUNTESS.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. THE OLD COUNTESS AND HER SERVANT.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV. THE EARL'S RETURN.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. THE WIFE AND THE DAUGHTER.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. HUSBAND AND WIFE.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. THE STORMY NIGHT AND SUNSHINY MORNING.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. AFTER THE FAILURE.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX. LORD HILTON TAKES SUPPER WITH OLYMPIA.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. ON THE WAY TO HOUGHTON CASTLE.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. THE OLD COUNTESS.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. EXPLANATIONS AND CONCESSIONS.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. DOWN BY THE BROOK AMONG THE FERNS.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. HOW LADY CLARA GOT HER OWN WAY.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. THE QUARREL AND THE LETTER.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. MAGGIE CASEY MEETS HER OLD LOVER.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. JUST FIFTY POUNDS.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX. OLYMPIA'S DEFEAT.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. THE FAMILY MEETING AT HOUGHTON.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI. DOWN AMONG THE FERNS AGAIN.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII. OUT AMONG THE TREES.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE BALL AT HOUGHTON.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV. THE OLD WOMAN WANDERS BACK AGAIN.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV. LADY HOPE IN THE CASTLE.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVI. DEATH IN THE TOWER-CHAMBER.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVII. THE NEMESIS. — THE END.
  41. 41.MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS' WORKS. Each Work is complete in one volume, 12mo. — T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS, 306 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

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