The Wife’s Secret

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Author

Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886

Title

The wife's secret

Original Publication

Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1864.

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

American fiction -- 19th century

Category

Text

eBook-No.

79478

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79478

Release Date

August 31, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WIFE’S SECRET.
2. 2.CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I. UP THE RIVER.
3. 3.CHAPTER II. A COUNTRY RIDE.
4. 4.CHAPTER III. AUNT HETTY.
5. 5.CHAPTER IV. MIDNIGHT IN THE STONE MANSION.
6. 6.CHAPTER V. GILLIAN AND HER UNCLE.
7. 7.CHAPTER VI. OLD TIMES AND THEIR ROMANCE.
8. 8.CHAPTER VII. THE CLOVE ROAD.
9. 9.CHAPTER VIII. DOWN THE PRECIPICE.
10. 10.CHAPTER IX. THE PACKAGE OF LETTERS.
11. 11.CHAPTER X. THE SISTERS AWAY FROM HOME.
12. 12.CHAPTER XI. END OF UNCLE DANIEL’S STORY.
13. 13.CHAPTER XII. THE NIGHT VISIT OF AUNT HETTY.
14. 14.CHAPTER XIII. THE GILDED TEMPTATION.
15. 15.CHAPTER XIV. THE AUTHORESS AT HOME.
16. 16.CHAPTER XV. MRS. RANSOM’S UNEXPECTED VISITORS.
17. 17.CHAPTER XVI. SANCTIMONIOUS RESPECTABILITY.
18. 18.CHAPTER XVII. THAT STRANGE MAN IN THE STREET.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVIII. THE TWO OLD WOMEN.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIX. THE BLOOMINGDALE COTTAGE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XX. AT THE OLD HOMESTEAD IN ROCKLAND COUNTY.
22. 22.CHAPTER XXI. DINAH’S TOILET IN THE GARRET.
23. 23.CHAPTER XXII. MARTHA’S TRIP TO NEW YORK WITH HER MAID DINAH.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXIII. THE DOUBLE PROPOSAL.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXIV. MICHAEL HURST CHANGES HIS LODGINGS.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXV. GILLIAN’S CONFESSION.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXVI. THE SUNSHINE AND SHADOWS OF LOVE.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXVII. THE OLD CHEST OF DRAWERS.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE UNWILLING ACCOMPLICE.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIX. OPENING OF THE BALL.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXX. THE FIRST WALTZ.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXXI. THE MASTER OF THE FESTIVAL.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXXII. MARTHA HART’S FIRST POLKA.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIV. THE UNCERTAIN WITNESS.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXV. AUNT HETTY’S EVIDENCE.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXVI. FAMILY CONSULTATIONS.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVII. MRS. RANSOM’S RETURN.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE WESTERN CLEARING.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIX. THE BODY IN THE WOODS.
41. 41.CHAPTER XL. THE DESERTED CABIN.
42. 42.CHAPTER XLI. THE TRIAL AND EXECUTION.
43. 43.CHAPTER XLII. THE BLACKSMITH’S SHOP.
44. 44.CHAPTER XLIII. AUTHORSHIP.
45. 45.CHAPTER XLIV. THE REUNION.

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