Bessie's Fortune: A Novel
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14 Complete Works of Mary J. Holmes Aikenside Bad Hugh Bessie's Fortune Cousin Maude Darkness and Daylight Dora Deane Lena Rivers Maggie Miller Miss McDonald Rosamond Tempest and Sunshine The Cromptons The English Orphans The Rector of St. Mark's
Chapters (66)
- BESSIE'S FORTUNE.
- 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.
- CONTENTS
- BESSIE'S FORTUNE.
- PART I.
- CHAPTER I. THE JERROLDS OF BOSTON.
- CHAPTER II. GREY JERROLD.
- CHAPTER III. LUCY.
- CHAPTER IV. THANKSGIVING DAY AT GREY'S PARK.
- CHAPTER V. THE OLD MAN AND THE BOY.
- CHAPTER VI. MISS BETSEY McPHERSON.
- CHAPTER VII. THE DINNER, AT WHICH BESSIE IS INTRODUCED.
- CHAPTER VIII. AFTER THE DINNER.
- CHAPTER IX. THE HORROR AT THE FARM-HOUSE.
- CHAPTER X. THE INTERVIEW.
- CHAPTER XI. AT THE OLD MAN'S BEDSIDE.
- CHAPTER XII. THE STORY.
- CHAPTER XIII. FACING IT.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE EFFECT OF THE STORY.
- CHAPTER XV. GREY AND THE SECRET.
- CHAPTER XVI. EXPECTING BESSIE.
- PART II.
- CHAPTER I. STONELEIGH.
- CHAPTER II. THE McPHERSONS.
- CHAPTER III. AT MONTE CARLO.
- CHAPTER IV. LITTLE BESSIE.
- CHAPTER V. AT PENRHYN PARK.
- CHAPTER VI. SEVEN YEARS LATER.
- CHAPTER VII. NEIL'S DISCOMFORTURE.
- CHAPTER VIII. JACK AND BESSIE.
- CHAPTER IX. CHRISTMAS AT STONELEIGH.
- CHAPTER X. GREY.
- CHAPTER XI. CHRISTMAS DAY.
- CHAPTER XII. THE CONTRACT.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE NEW GREY.
- CHAPTER XIV. MISS McPHERSON AND THE LETTER.
- CHAPTER XV. FROM JANUARY TO MARCH.
- CHAPTER XVI. FROM MARCH TO JUNE.
- CHAPTER XVII. MRS. ROSSITER-BROWNE.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE BIRDS WHICH SANG, AND THE SHADOW WHICH FELL.
- CHAPTER XIX. WHAT GREY AND JACK DID.
- CHAPTER XX. WHAT THE McPHERSONS DID.
- CHAPTER XXI. WHAT DAISY DID.
- PART III.
- CHAPTER I. IN ROME.
- CHAPTER II. FAREWELL.
- CHAPTER III. DEAD.
- CHAPTER IV. POOR DAISY.
- CHAPTER V. BESSIE'S DECISION.
- CHAPTER VI. IN LIVERPOOL.
- CHAPTER VII. ON THE SHIP.
- CHAPTER VIII. GREY AND HIS AUNT.
- CHAPTER IX. BESSIE IS PROMOTED.
- CHAPTER X. BESSIE MEETS HER AUNT.
- CHAPTER XI. MISS McPHERSON'S HOUSEMAID.
- CHAPTER XII. BESSIE'S SUCCESSOR.
- CHAPTER XIII. BESSIE GOES TO GREY'S PARK.
- CHAPTER XIV. TELLING BESSIE.
- CHAPTER XV. WEDDING BELLS.
- CHAPTER XVI. BESSIE'S FORTUNE.
- CHAPTER XVII OLD FRIENDS.
- CHAPTER XVIII HOME AGAIN.
- CHAPTER XIX. JOEL ROGERS' MONUMENT.
- CHAPTER XX. After Five Years.
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