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THE HEART'S KINGDOM - BY - MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS - AUTHOR OF THE MELTING OF MOLLY, Etc. - ILLUSTRATED BY - W. B. KING
The Heart's Kingdom
CHAPTER I - THE WORLD AND THE FLESH
CHAPTER II - THE HARPETH JAGUAR
CHAPTER III - THE GAUNTLET
CHAPTER IV - TO TURKEY GULCH
CHAPTER V - HAVING IT OUT
CHAPTER VI - DEEP DIGGING
CHAPTER VII - THE TRISTAN LOVE SONG
In the opening scene the story settles into the elegant bustle of early‑twentieth‑century Madison Avenue, where music rooms whisper with piano keys and lofty conversations about faith and desire. Charlotte, a sharp‑tongued young woman, meets the charming yet enigmatic Nickols Powers, whose playful banter masks a deeper fascination with the mysteries that lie within a woman’s heart.
Their sparring quickly reveals Charlotte’s restless spirit—a mix of fear, curiosity, and a yearning to escape the expectations that bind her. Drawn by an inexplicable pull toward her family’s ancestral Harpeth Valley, she sets out on a journey that promises both inner confrontation and the promise of an untamed landscape. As she steps away from the city’s polished façade, listeners are invited to follow her early struggle to understand love, belief, and the hidden codes written upon her own heart.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (383K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2006-07-04
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1872–1924
An early 20th-century novelist and artist, she wrote lively, upbeat stories that made her a popular favorite with readers of her day. Her life also reached beyond fiction through serious work in the women’s suffrage movement.
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