The deserted wife
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
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About This Book
When Raymond Withers deserts his wife, Hagar, and their twin daughters, she determines to make her own living as a singer.
Chapters (214)
- THE DESERTED WIFE.
- INTRODUCTION.
- MARRIAGE.
- CHAPTER I. THE OLD MANSION HOUSE.
- CHAPTER II. THE MINISTER.
- CHAPTER III. DEATH.
- CHAPTER IV. THE STRANGER.
- CHAPTER V. THE PHILOSOPHER.
- CHAPTER VI. THE YOUNG LIEUTENANT.
- CHAPTER VII. YOUNG LOVE.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE PHANTOM’S WARNING.
- CHAPTER IX. THE WANDERER’S DEATH.
- CHAPTER X. AN UNEXPECTED EVENT.
- CHAPTER XI. HAGAR.
- CHAPTER XII. ROSALIA.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE ATTIC.
- CHAPTER XIV. GUSTY.
- CHAPTER XV. THE MOOR.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE STORY OF FANNY RAYMOND.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE STORM.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE DEATH CHAMBER.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE CHASE.
- CHAPTER XX. THE LOVERS.
- CHAPTER XXI. HAGAR’S BRIDAL.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- CHAPTER XXIII. THE BRIDE’S PARTING.
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE FORSAKEN HOUSE.
- CHAPTER XXV. THE RIALTO.
- CHAPTER XXVI. THE LOVE ANGEL.
- CHAPTER XXVII. AGNES AND AGATHA.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. CLOUDS.
- CHAPTER XXIX. JEALOUSY.
- CHAPTER XXX. TREACHERY.
- CHAPTER XXXI. THE LONE ONE.
- CHAPTER XXXII. THE TEMPTED ANGEL.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. THE DESOLATED.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. CHANGES.
- CHAPTER XXXV. THE RETURN.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. HAGAR AT HEATH HALL.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. REMORSE.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE WOUNDED EAGLE.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. A REVELATION.
- CHAPTER XL. HAGAR’S RESOLVE.
- CHAPTER XLI. CONSTANTINOPLE.
- CHAPTER XLII. THE LETTER.
- CHAPTER XLIII. ROSALIA’S WANDERINGS.
- CHAPTER XLIV. THE QUEEN OF SONG.
- CHAPTER XLV. AN EVENING AT HEATH HALL.
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