CHRISTINE: OR, WOMAN'S TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS.
BYLAURA J. CURTIS.
"If what we long for, may not be our portion, Our longings still will lead to nobler life."
NEW YORK:
DE WITT & DAVENPORT, PUBLISHERS.
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ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by DE WITT & DAVENPORT, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York W. H. TINSON, Stereotyper. GEORGE RUSSELL, Printer G. W. ALEXANDER, Binder.
To
MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER,
WHO HAVE LISTENED TO THESE PAGES AS I WROTE,
AND
WHO HAVE BEEN AT ONCE MY AUDIENCE AND MY CRITICS,
This Work
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY
THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. THE FARM-HOUSE. 13
- CHAPTER II. THE VILLAGE. 25
- CHAPTER III. THE EXHIBITION. 49
- CHAPTER IV. WOODLAND VALE. 56
- CHAPTER V. SCHOOL-LIFE. 64
- CHAPTER VI. TRIED AND SENTENCED. 72
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- CHAPTER VII. EXPIATION. 81
- CHAPTER VIII. THE PARVENUE'S DAUGHTER. 86
- CHAPTER IX. THE CONFESSION. 94
- CHAPTER X. THEORY AND PRACTICE. 101
- CHAPTER XI. NEW ACQUAINTANCES. 107
- CHAPTER XII. THE AUNT'S CAUTION. 118
- CHAPTER XIII.PHILIP. 123
- CHAPTER XIV. THE SEED SOWN. 129
- CHAPTER XV. THE BETROTHAL. 136
- CHAPTER XVI. THE OLD HOMESTEAD. 145
- CHAPTER XVII. GRACE. 152
- CHAPTER XVIII. HEART STRUGGLES. 159
- CHAPTER XIX. CONSECRATION. 166
- CHAPTER XX. "THE FIELD IS THE WORLD." 172
- CHAPTER XXI. DISOWNED. 177
- CHAPTER XXII. ANNIE MURRAY. 193
- CHAPTER XXIII. JOINED NOT UNITED. 199
- CHAPTER XXIV. HELEN AND HER HUSBAND. 207
- CHAPTER XXV. THE INSANE ASYLUM. 221
- CHAPTER XXVI. SWEET HOME. 232
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- CHAPTER XXVII. ON THE RACK. 237
- CHAPTER XXVIII. SUSPICIONS AWAKENED. 246
- CHAPTER XXIX. ELDER WIGGIN'S PLOT. 253
- CHAPTER XXX. GILDED MISERY. 266
- CHAPTER XXXI. THE FLIGHT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. 276
- CHAPTER XXXII. THE CONVENTION. 286
- CHAPTER XXXIII. THE MIDNIGHT SUMMONS. 293
- CHAPTER XXXIV. CHRISTINE'S HOME. 306
- CHAPTER XXXV. COALS OF FIRE. 316
- CHAPTER XXXVI. DR. RUSSELL. 326
- CHAPTER XXXVII. ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. 345
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. LIFE-PLANS, THWARTED. 356
- CHAPTER XXXIX. THE WEDDING. 366
- CHAPTER XL. SHADOW AND SUNSHINE. 371