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The Rejected Wife

The Rejected Wife

by Ann S. Stephens

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Author
Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886
Title
The rejected wife
Original Publication
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & brothers, 1863.
Credits
Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 -- Fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 78470
Release Date
April 16, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE REJECTED WIFE.
  2. 2.CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I. THE FARM-HOUSE IN COMMOTION—EXPECTED GUESTS—PARLOR AND KITCHEN.
  3. 3.CHAPTER II. GOING HOME—A SHOOTING-MATCH.
  4. 4.CHAPTER III. PREPARATIONS FOR THANKSGIVING.
  5. 5.CHAPTER IV. THE DOUBLE SLEIGH AND THE GOOSE-NEST.
  6. 6.CHAPTER V. ARNOLD’S VISIT TO LEONARD’S CABIN—THE SAW-MILL AT NIGHT—THE HEART-WOUND.
  7. 7.CHAPTER VI. OPPOSING WILLS—CONFIDENCES BETWEEN MOTHER AND SON.
  8. 8.CHAPTER VII. A HALF DECLARATION—PASSIONATE STRUGGLE.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VIII. A WEARY NIGHT—THE FAMILY BREAKFAST—PARENTAL ANXIETIES.
  10. 10.CHAPTER IX. THE MILL ON THE YANTIC—THE DEPTHS BELOW.
  11. 11.CHAPTER X. AFTER THE RESCUE—ANTIPATHIES AND REPULSIONS—JOSHUA’S ANGUISH.
  12. 12.CHAPTER XI. THE VILLAGE DOCTOR—HIS TWO PATIENTS.
  13. 13.CHAPTER XII. THE GUEST’S RETURN.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XIII. OLD FRIENDSHIP RENEWED—THE HOLY FORCE OF PRAYER.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XIV. FATHER AND SON—REBELLION AND REPENTANCE.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XV. SECRET INTERVIEWS—REVIVALS AND REPENTANCE.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XVI. THE UNNATURAL ENCOUNTER.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XVII. OUT IN THE SNOW.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVIII. WILD HOPES AND DEEP WISHES.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIX. IN THE DEPTHS OF DARKNESS.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XX. WAITING AND WATCHING.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XXI. THE MORTGAGED FARM.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XXII. THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXIII. A TUMULT IN THE HOUSEHOLD—SIGNING THE MORTGAGE.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXIV. THE MINISTER’S SPINNING-BEE.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXV. NEWS AT LAST.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXVI. THE DESOLATE HOME.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXVII. SEARCHING IN THE DEPTHS.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVIII. WANDERING IN THE NIGHT.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIX. THE REVELATION.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXX. THE UNION OF SORROW.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXXI. A FAMILY JOURNEY.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXXII. THE SUMMONS TO CONFESSION.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE TYRANT AND HIS VICTIM.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIV. HAGAR’S LOVE-LETTER.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXV. THE MINISTER’S FAREWELL.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXVI. DOUBLE TIES.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVII. THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER IN A BLACK HEART.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVIII. FOLLOWING AFTER.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIX. THE SHIPWRECK.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XL. COMING INTO PORT.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XLI. THE BRIDAL TOILET.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XLII. UNDER THE ELMS.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XLIII. THE BRIDE AND THE WIFE.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLIV. CONFESSIONS OF DECEPTION.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLV. THE DUEL AND THE WEDDING.

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