
In a lavish Bath drawing‑room, a talented young singer wrestles with the relentless demands of her exacting father, a music master who insists her voice must summon angels themselves. When Betsy’s rehearsals falter, her frustration erupts into tears, exposing a deeper longing for something beyond rehearsed sentiment. The clash of artifice and authenticity sets the stage for a delicate struggle between duty and desire.
Against this backdrop, the imminent
Language
en
Duration
~10 hours (599K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Shaun Pinder 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
2014-10-25
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1855–1931
An Irish journalist, novelist, dramatist, and poet, he wrote lively popular fiction while also engaging with the political tensions of his time. His work ranges from historical novels to stage writing, giving a vivid glimpse of late Victorian and early 20th-century literary life.
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