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Publisher: Ardent Media
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Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Author: Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Publisher: Folcroft Library Editions
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Author: Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Publisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Doomswoman" (An Historical Romance of Old California) by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author: Gertrude Atherton
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 8726612666
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Published in 1893, and set against a backdrop of violence between Mexico and the United States, this is a passionate and compelling love story from famous American author Gertrude Atherton. Loyal to her family, Doña Chonita finds herself questioning her firmly held morals and values when she falls for the charming Don Diego. The star-crossed lovers’ worlds are turned upside down by their passion, as well as forces outside their control. Vividly written, this is a haunting romance and a compelling piece of classic American literature. Gertrude Atherton (1857-1948) was an American novelist, short story writer and early feminist. Born in California, Gertrude attended schools in California and Kentucky and became widely read. She married George H.B. Atherton in 1876, and lived with him and his mother in San Francisco, where they had two children. Atherton struggled with married life, her husband did not support her writing ambitions and Gertrude found life as a wife and mother stifling. When her husband died at sea in 1887, Atherton felt free to pursue her burgeoning career as an author and went on to publish over 50 novels. She is best known for her California series of novels which explored the social history of California and included popular works such as ‘The Californians’ and the controversial ‘Black Oxen’ which was adapted into a silent movie in 1923. Feminist themes and strong female characters are common in her novels. She died in San Francisco in 1948.
Author: Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Excerpt: ..."no man." But she said it without enthusiasm. "A man is but one; traditions are fivefold, and multiplied by duty. Poor grain of sand-what can he give, comparable to the cold serene happiness of fidelity to self? Love is sweet, -horribly sweet, -but so common a madness can give but a tithe of the satisfaction of duty to pure and lofty ideals." "I do not believe that." The woman in her arose in resentment. "A life of duty must be empty, cold, and wrong. It was not that we were made for." "Let us talk little of love, senorita: it is a dangerous subject." "But it interests me, and I should like to understand it." "I will explain the subject to you fully, some day. I have a fancy to do that on my own territory, -up in the redwoods-" "Here is Prudencia." A small black figure swept down the steps of the church. She bowed low to Estenega when he was presented, but uttered no word. The Indian servants brought the horses to the door, and they rode down the valley to Casa Grande. XVII. The guests of Casa Grande-there were many besides Alvarado and his party; the house was full again-were gathered with the family on the corridor as Estenega, Chonita, and Prudencia dismounted at the extreme end of the court-yard. As Reinaldo saw the enemy of his house approach he ran down the steps, advanced rapidly, and bowed low before him. "Welcome, Senor Don Diego Estenega," he said, -"welcome to Casa Grande. The house is thine. Burn it if thou wilt. The servants are thine; I myself am thy servant. This is the supreme moment of my life, supremer even than when I learned of my acquittal of the foul charges laid to my door by scheming and jealous enemies. It is long-alas -since an Estenega and an Iturbi y Moncada have met in the court-yard of the one or the other. Let this moment be the seal of peace, the death of feud, the unification of the North and the South." "You have the hospitality of the true Californian, Don Reinaldo. It gives me pleasure to accept...
Author: Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Author: Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Author: Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Publisher: Folcroft Library Editions
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Author: Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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ISBN: 9781848301528
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Author: Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Publisher: Book Jungle
ISBN: 9781438515953
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Work from American novelist whose novels are often characterised by strong heroines who pursue independent lives.
