Concerning Isabel Carnaby
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About This Book
This thought-provoking novel explores the boundaries of love, duty, and societal expectations through the story of Isabel Carnaby, a woman who must choose between her heart and her duty. Set against the backdrop of upper-class Victorian England, the novel offers a nuanced and complex portrayal of one woman's struggle to find happiness and fulfillment in a society that condemns her desires.
Chapters (26)(click to expand)
- CONCERNING ISABEL CARNABY
- PROLOGUE.
- CHAPTER I. Childish Things.
- CHAPTER II. Alice.
- CHAPTER III. Two Kings in Brentford.
- CHAPTER IV. Friends in Need.
- CHAPTER V. Water-lilies.
- CHAPTER VI. Esdaile Court.
- CHAPTER VII. Isabel Carnaby.
- CHAPTER VIII. Elton Manor.
- CHAPTER IX. Indecision.
- CHAPTER X. Eden.
- CHAPTER XI. His Own People.
- CHAPTER XII. A Feast of Good Things.
- CHAPTER XIII. The Country of Conceit.
- CHAPTER XIV. Expulsion from Eden.
- CHAPTER XV. Angus Grey.
- CHAPTER XVI. Success.
- CHAPTER XVII. Vernacre Park.
- CHAPTER XVIII. A State Concert.
- CHAPTER XIX. Among the Wounded.
- CHAPTER XX. Joanna.
- CHAPTER XXI. As it was in the Beginning.
- CHAPTER XXII. For Conscience' Sake.
- CHAPTER XXIII. The Election.
- CHAPTER XXIV. Life in London.
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