TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clay,Bertha M.
TI  - Suffered in vain
T2  - New Bertha Clay Library, 300
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2025///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
KW  - England -- Fiction
KW  - Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
KW  - Dime novels
KW  - Popular literature
N1  - Release date is 2025-01-18; Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.); Originally published; New York: Street & Smith, 1926
N2  - "Suffered in Vain: or, A Plaything of Fate" by Bertha M. Clay is a novel likely written during the late 19th century. The story revolves around complex themes of love, fate, sacrifice, and societal expectations, focusing on characters whose lives intricately intertwine amidst dramatic revelations and emotional turmoil.  The opening of the narrative introduces a tranquil and genteel setting in a summer twilight at Porchester Square. Central to the initial chapters are three main characters: the impoverished Leonardo Gilardoni, who once served as a valet, the enchanting and seemingly aloof Lucia Guiscardini, and Captain Paul Desfrayne, who is caught in a pivotal life situation tied to an unexpected inheritance. The plot sets in motion as Desfrayne learns of a will that not only names him as a trustee but intriguingly pairs him with the young heiress, Lois Turquand, highlighting layers of emotional conflict and the burdens of social expectations against the backdrop of tragic love and chance encounters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:677747#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-112%2C-602%2C2226%2C4058
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75137
ER  -