
THE MYSTERIOUS WANDERER. - A NOVEL: - BY SOPHIA REEVE. - IN THREE VOLUMES. - Dedicated, by Permission, - TO THE RIGHT HON. LADY ELIZABETH SPENCER. - VOL. II. - LONDON: - PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY C. PILSBURY, ANGEL-COURT, SNOW-HILL; - AND SOLD BY RICHARDSON AND SON, ROYAL-EXCHANGE; J. HIGHLEY, FLEET-STREET; AND DIDIER AND TEBBETT ST. JAMES'S-STREET. - 1807.
THE MYSTERIOUS WANDERER.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
Sir Henry is thrust into a desperate quest when his beloved sister Louise vanishes under mysterious circumstances. Suspicion falls on the ruthless Ferrand, whose proud defiance and hinted involvement ignite a fierce rivalry that threatens to spill blood. Determined to rescue his sister, Sir Henry confronts the Governor’s estate, demanding answers and discovering only empty rooms and mounting doubts.
Joined by the fervent Harland, the two men enlist the Governor’s authority to scour the surrounding islands and plantations, offering generous rewards for any clue. As days turn into sleepless nights, the fleet looms on the horizon, ready to sail but halted by the lack of a trace. Their resolve is tested by mounting frustration and the ever‑present fear that Louise may be beyond reach, yet hope remains that providence—or a desperate clue—will turn the tide before the tide itself carries them away.
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (158K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Mark C. Orton, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2010-12-12
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
An early 19th-century novelist with a taste for Gothic mystery and moral drama, she is best remembered for The Mysterious Wanderer. Her life moved through several names and chapters, but her fiction still carries the energy of a writer testing her voice in public for the first time.
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