02512cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000270011324500210014026400510016130000470021233600260025933700260028533800360031150000310034752016040037853400690198265300220205165300390207365300240211285600430213699900190217978365UtSlPG20260610134821.0mcr n260607r20261889utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aLamb, Ruth,d1829-191610aOnly a girl-wife 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2026-04-05  aOnly a girl-wife by Ruth Lamb is a domestic novel written in the late 19th century. It traces the adoption, rise, and romance of Andrew Crawford—a gifted young doctor raised by the kindly country physician Dr. Fereday—and his courtship and marriage to the sheltered Ida Carnelly, sister of Viscount Carnelly, amid class expectations, a jealous sister-in-law, and quiet questions of faith. Set around the picturesque home of Steynes-Cote and the market town of Shelverton, it promises village-life detail, moral reflection, and the making of a “girl‑wife” within home and community.

The opening of the novel introduces Shelverton and Steynes-Cote, where childless Dr. and Mrs. Fereday adopt their nephew Andrew; he thrives, qualifies brilliantly, then seeks broader experience as an army surgeon in India. There he meets the colonel’s beautiful sister Ida, whose life is soured by the vain, competitive Lady Carnelly; after a humiliating evening, Andrew comforts Ida and they confess their love, winning the colonel’s cautious blessing. News of Mrs. Fereday’s fatal accident summons Andrew home; he leaves the army, returns to a grieving, ailing uncle who settles him at the practice and urges an early marriage. With the regiment’s return, Lady Carnelly’s opposition falters; Andrew and Ida marry quietly, and he discovers her inexperience in matters of faith even as she proves devoted and tender. The section closes with a sketch of Shelverton’s bustling market and the inviting, rambling Steynes-Cote awaiting its new mistress. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: The Religious Tract Society, 1889  aChristian fiction  aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction  aMarriage -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78365  c119085d119085