The discarded daughter; or, The children of the isle
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
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- The Discarded Daughter OR The Children of the Isle
- CONTENTS.
- INTRODUCTORY. ST. CLARA’S ISLE.
- CHAPTER I. MOUNT CALM.
- CHAPTER II. THE NEW SUITOR.
- CHAPTER III. THE FATHER’S TYRANNY.
- CHAPTER IV. THE SUBJECTION OF ALICE.
- CHAPTER V. THE HUSBAND’S AUTHORITY.
- CHAPTER VI. COUNTRY NEIGHBORS.
- CHAPTER VII. HUTTON OF THE ISLES.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE BRIDE OF THE ISLES.
- CHAPTER IX. HUTTON LODGE.
- CHAPTER X. THE PATIENCE OF ALICE.
- CHAPTER XI. ALICE’S VISIT TO HUTTON ISLE.
- CHAPTER XII. CHILD OF THE WRECK.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE DESOLATE HOUSE.
- CHAPTER XIV. VANISHING OF AGNES.
- CHAPTER XV. THE ELFIN GIRL.
- CHAPTER XVI. ELSIE.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE BALL—THE UNEXPECTED GUEST.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE NEW-FOUND HEIR.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE DEVOTION OF LOVE.
- CHAPTER XX. ELSIE IN THE ATTIC.
- CHAPTER XXI. CRUELTY—A CHAMBER SCENE.
- CHAPTER XXII. MARRIAGE.
- CHAPTER XXIII. “THE HEART OVERTASKED.”
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE WIFE’S TRUST.
- CHAPTER XXV. LIFE’S STORM AND SOUL’S SHELTER.
- CHAPTER XXVI. DAY AFTER THE WEDDING.
- CHAPTER XXVII. DEEP DELL—COUNTRY TAVERN.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. THE VAULT.
- CHAPTER XXIX. THE CHILDREN OF THE ISLE.
- CHAPTER XXX. THE NIGHT VISIT.
- CHAPTER XXXI. NETTIE IN THE MANSION.
- CHAPTER XXXII. THE INTERVIEW.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. ELSIE IN THE LOG CABIN.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. WHAT CAME NEXT.
- CHAPTER XXXV. THE FLIGHT OF TIME.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. LIGHT ON THE ISLAND.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. THE BEEHIVE.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. HUGH AND GARNET.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. THE STRUGGLE OF LOVE AND AMBITION.
- CHAPTER XL. ELSIE’S FORTUNES.
- CHAPTER XLI. THE SECRET REVEALED.
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