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The discarded daughter

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth40 chapters

The discarded daughter by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #69714.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
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  1. Chapter I 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Mount Calm 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Father’s Tyranny 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Subjection of Alice 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Husband’s Authority 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Country Neighbors 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Hutton of the Isles 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Bride of the Isles 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Hutton Lodge 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Patience of Alice 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Child of the Wreck 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Vanishing of Agnes 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Elsie 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Devotion of Love 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Elsie in the Attic 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Cruelty—a Chamber Scene 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Marriage 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII “The Heart Overtasked.” 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Wife’s Trust 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Life’s Storm and Soul’s Shelter 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Deep Dell—country Tavern 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII The Vault 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX The Children of the Isle 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX The Night Visit 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI The Interview 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Elsie in the Log Cabin 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII What Came Next 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV The Flight of Time 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV Light on the Island 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI The Beehive 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Hugh and Garnet 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII The Struggle of Love and Ambition 68 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX Elsie’s Fortunes 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL The Secret Revealed 141 readings five lines each Open chapter

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