
Let Us Kiss and Part; or, A Shattered Tie
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About This Book
The novel opens with a description of the painful parting of a very young married couple, Leon and Verna, who are 21 and 17. Verna is the daughter of a wealthy family. Leon is not from the same background. Verna's family have cut her off because they do not approve of her marriage to the poor music teacher, Leon.
Chapters (377)
- Let Us Kiss and Part;
- CHAPTER I. WHEN POVERTY ENTERS THE DOOR.
- CHAPTER II. SIXTEEN YEARS LATER.
- CHAPTER III. A YOUNG GIRL’S FIRST THOUGHT.
- CHAPTER IV. THE WINNING OF A HEART.
- CHAPTER V. THE FIRST KISS.
- CHAPTER VI. FATE’S DECREE.
- CHAPTER VII. THE BEAUTIFUL RIVALS.
- CHAPTER VIII. “SHE SHALL BE MINE?”
- CHAPTER IX. AN HOUR TO BE REMEMBERED.
- CHAPTER X. THE ENDING OF HER LOVE DREAM.
- CHAPTER XI. A BREAKING HEART.
- CHAPTER XII. AN EVIL OMEN.
- CHAPTER XIII. FORSAKEN AT THE ALTAR.
- CHAPTER XIV. WAVES OF MEMORY.
- CHAPTER XV. FORGETFULNESS, THE GREAT PANACEA.
- CHAPTER XVI. WHEN A MAN HATES.
- CHAPTER XVII. DALRYMPLE’S SECRET.
- CHAPTER XVIII. LAURIER’S ATONEMENT.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE NEW WINE OF LOVE.
- CHAPTER XX. WOULD THE OLD LOVE RETURN?
- CHAPTER XXI. PLAYING WITH FIRE.
- CHAPTER XXII. A DESPERATE DEED.
- CHAPTER XXIII. A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
- CHAPTER XXIV. “LOVE, I WILL LOVE YOU EVER!”
- CHAPTER XXV. AN ANSWERED PRAYER.
- CHAPTER XXVI. AN OCEAN TRAGEDY.
- CHAPTER XXVII. “I LOVED HER ALWAYS.”
- CHAPTER XXVIII. WAS A MIRACLE WROUGHT?
- CHAPTER XXIX. ALONE TOGETHER.
- CHAPTER XXX. A HEART OF SYMPATHY.
- CHAPTER XXXI. HOW COULD HE LOSE HER THUS?
- CHAPTER XXXII. THE HEART OF A LOVER.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. THE BLACKMAILER.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. “A BREAKING HEART,” SHE SAID.
- CHAPTER XXXV. “BILLING AND COOING WILL WAIT.”
- CHAPTER XXXVI. “HOW WAS IT THAT LOVE DIED?”
- CHAPTER XXXVII. STARTLING NEWS.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. LOVE REKINDLED.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. HEARTS UNITED.
- CHAPTER XL. DEEDS OF KINDNESS.
- CHAPTER XLI. HAPPINESS SUPREME.
- CHAPTER XLII. IRIS AND ISABEL.
- CHAPTER XLIII. THE OUTCAST.
- CHAPTER XLIV. A CRUEL ORDEAL.
- CHAPTER XLV. ENTERING ON THE NEW LIFE.
- CHAPTER XLVI. THE UNFORGOTTEN FACE.
- CHAPTER XLVII. TREACHERY.
- CHAPTER XLVIII. A CRUEL STRATAGEM.
- CHAPTER XLIX. THE CHILD OF AN ESCAPED CONVICT.
- CHAPTER L. SUNDERED HEARTS.
- CHAPTER LI. OSCAR HILTON’S TRIUMPH.
- CHAPTER LII. ANOTHER ENEMY.
- CHAPTER LIII. HIDDEN PERILS.
- CHAPTER LIV. IN THE TOILS.
- CHAPTER LV. ISABEL’S BETROTHAL.
- CHAPTER LVI. A CRUEL SUSPICION.
- CHAPTER LVII. HOMELESS AND ALONE.
- CHAPTER LVIII. THE ARREST.
- CHAPTER LIX. “GOOD-BY.”
- CHAPTER LX. CONCLUSION.
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