The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals

by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

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A SEQUEL TO "LORD HOPE'S CHOICE."

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PHILADELPHIA: T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS; 306 CHESTNUT STREET. - Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

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THE OLD COUNTESS;

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THE OLD COUNTESS; OR, THE TWO PROPOSALS.

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CHAPTER I. LOVE-LIGHTS IN TWO HEARTS.

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CHAPTER II. CLARA APPEALS TO HER STEPMOTHER.

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CHAPTER III. LOVER'S QUARREL.

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CHAPTER IV. THE ITALIAN TEACHER.

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CHAPTER V. THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER IN OPPOSITION.

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CHAPTER VI. SOME OLD ACQUAINTANCES GET INTO A CONJUGAL DIFFICULTY.

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Fresh from a courtroom scandal that left him both exonerated and shaken, Hepworth Closs finds himself grappling with a conscience newly unburdened yet still tormented by past misdeeds

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Produced by Roberta Staehlin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2009-08-30

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Public domain in the USA.

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About the author

Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

1810–1886

A pioneering 19th-century American novelist and editor, she helped shape popular fiction in the United States and is often linked to the rise of the dime novel. Her work mixed domestic drama, history, and sensation in ways that reached a huge readership.

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