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Weird Sisters : A Romance.
Title:
Weird Sisters : A Romance.
Author:
Dowling, Richard.
ISBN:
9781776526444
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (407 pages)
Contents:
Title -- Contents -- PART I - A PLAIN GOLD GUARD -- Chapter I - A Conscientious Burglar -- Chapter II - A Generous Banker -- Chapter III - The Manor House -- Chapter IV - An Unselfish Mother -- Chapter V - An Unselfish Father -- Chapter VI - "To the Island or to-" -- Chapter VII - Trustee to Cancelled Pages -- Chapter VIII - Wat Grey's Romance Dies Out -- Chapter IX - A Flask of Cognac -- Chapter X - On the Threshold of Death -- Chapter XI - By the State Bed -- Chapter XII - The Shadow on the Tower of Silence -- Chapter XIII - On Board the Steamship Rodwell -- Chapter XIV - On the River -- Chapter XV - The Future as it Seemed -- Chapter XVI - The Present as it Was -- Chapter XVII - The Ascent of the Tower of Silence -- Chapter XVIII - On the Top -- PART II - THE TOWERS OF SILENCE -- Chapter I - A Stranger at the Castle -- Chapter II - The Reading of the Will -- Chapter III - "Cousin Maud-" "No -- Maud" -- Chapter IV - The Two Guardians -- Chapter V - The Indefinite Present -- Chapter VI - The Tyrannical Past -- Chapter VII - Wat Grey's Business Romance -- Chapter VIII - Making Holiday -- Chapter IX - The End of the Holiday -- PART III - HUSBAND AND WIFE -- Chapter I - The Secret of the Sale -- Chapter II - "Sir William-" "No -- Midharst" -- Chapter III - The Parting -- Chapter IV - Between the Lights -- Chapter V - "A Woman of No Name" -- Chapter VI - Penniless -- Chapter VII - Losing -- Chapter VIII - "I Am He. Fire" -- Chapter IX - Banker and Baronet -- Chapter X - Grey Remembers.
Abstract:
Delve into this gripping family epic from popular Irish-born writer Richard Dowling, best known for the novel The Mystery of Killard. Over the course of the story, protagonist Henry Walter Grey becomes increasingly unhinged as he goes to great lengths to shield his family's reputation against enemies both real and imagined. Fans of the work of Charles Dickens and Victor Hugo will appreciate this ambitious novel.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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