The Home in the Valley
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About This Book
The Home in the Valley by Emilie Flygare-Carlin is a bright and lovely story about the delights of home. "In one of father La Fontaine's books, may be found a description of a lovely valley, the residence of a beautiful and modest maiden, and of the heroine of this Arcadia he "There stands our heroine, as lovely as the valley, her home, and as virtuous and good as her mother, who has devoted a lifetime to the education of her daughter." But with the history of this maiden he weaves the workings of an evil genius, which in the end is triumphant; for even the pure are contaminated after they arr...
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- THE HOME IN THE VALLEY.
- EMILIE F. CARLÉN,
- FROM THE ORIGINAL SWEDISH BY ELBERT PERCE.
- 1854.
- CONTENTS.
- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
- CHAPTER I.
- The Valley.
- CHAPTER II.
- The Cottage.
- CHAPTER III.
- Husband and Wife.
- CHAPTER IV.
- The Attic-Rooms.
- CHAPTER V.
- The First Disappointment.
- CHAPTER VI
- The Agreement.
- CHAPTER VII.
- The Chase.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- Concerning the Hunter in the Woods, and his homeward walk.
- CHAPTER IX.
- Mr. Fabian and Magde Lonner.
- CHAPTER X.
- The Truant.
- CHAPTER XI.
- The Fisherman.
- CHAPTER XII.
- Grief.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- The Banishment—The Re-Union.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- The Prisoner.
- CHAPTER XV.
- Gottlieb on the Watch.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- The Festival.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- Ragnar.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- An Hour in Mistress Ulrica's Chamber.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- Carl.
- CHAPTER XX.
- Conclusion.
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