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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aClay, Bertha M.,
_d1865-1922
245 1 0 _aSuffered in vain
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aNew Bertha Clay Library, 300
500 _aRelease date is 2025-01-18
508 _aDemian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.)
520 _a"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.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: Street & Smith, 1926
653 _aInheritance and succession -- Fiction
653 _aEngland -- Fiction
653 _aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction
653 _aDime novels
653 _aPopular literature
830 0 _aNew Bertha Clay Library, 300
856 4 _uhttps://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:677747#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-112%2C-602%2C2226%2C4058
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75137
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