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Dainty’s Cruel Rivals

Or, The Fatal Birthday

Alex. McVeigh Miller

Reading time
about 4 h
Length
53,895 words · 172 pages in print
Structure
40 chapters · 1 front-matter section
Language
English
Era
Victorian

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Contents

  1. Index
  2. Chapter I — “A Sweet Girl Graduate.”
  3. Chapter II — “The Prettiest Girl in the Room!”
  4. Chapter III — The Happiest Day She Had Ever Known
  5. Chapter IV — The Old Monk
  6. Chapter V — “Only a Dream.”
  7. Chapter VI — Love’s Rosy Dawn
  8. Chapter VII — “The Trail of the Serpent.”
  9. Chapter VIII — The Ellsworth Honor
  10. Chapter IX — “All That’s Bright Must Fade.”
  11. Chapter X — “The Grim Fates.”
  12. Chapter XI — Love’s Presentiments
  13. Chapter XII — A Maddened Lover
  14. Chapter XIII — Sad Forebodings
  15. Chapter XIV — Dainty Would Never Forget That Day
  16. Chapter XV — Black Mammy’s Story
  17. Chapter XVI — The Ghost Alarm
  18. Chapter XVII — The Night Before the Wedding
  19. Chapter XVIII — The Wedding Morn
  20. Chapter XIX — A Madman’s Deed
  21. Chapter XX — The End of the Day
  22. Chapter XXI — Would Heaven Turn Away from Her Wild Appeal?
  23. Chapter XXII — Unmasked
  24. Chapter XXIII — Ah! The Pity of It!
  25. Chapter XXIV — The Darkest Hour
  26. Chapter XXV — Among Strangers
  27. Chapter XXVI — The Mother’s Woe
  28. Chapter XXVII
  29. Chapter XXVIII — More Bitter Than Death
  30. Chapter XXIX — As We Kiss the Dead
  31. Chapter XXX — A Terrible Deed
  32. Chapter XXXI — Lost! Lost! Lost!
  33. Chapter XXXII
  34. Chapter XXXIII — A New Home
  35. Chapter XXXIV — Thrown on the World
  36. Chapter XXXV — Grand Company
  37. Chapter XXXVI — “Only to See You, My Darling.”
  38. Chapter XXXVII — A Wonderful Discovery
  39. Chapter XXXVIII — Good News
  40. Chapter XXXIX — “For All Eternity.”
  41. Chapter XL — Conclusion

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Alex. McVeigh Miller

1850–1937 · Victorian

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