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

Aug 30, 2009

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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 American novelist and editor, Ann S. Stephens helped launch the dime-novel tradition with Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter. Her lively career spanned popular fiction, magazine writing, humor, and Civil War history.

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