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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aShane, Nevis,
_d-1934
245 1 4 _aThe enchanted kingdom
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 _aProduced from the April, 1929 issue of The Red Book magazine.
500 _aRelease date is 2025-11-27
508 _aRoger Frank and Sue Clark
520 _aThe enchanted kingdom by Nevis Shane is a romantic short story written in the late 1920s. It follows a young couple whose love is tested by hardship, sudden wealth, jealousy, and temptation, asking whether the true “enchanted kingdom” is luxury or the steadfast bond between two people. Candis Moore marries oil driller Ronald Carlton and follows him to the harsh Texas outpost of Sola, where they craft a loving home through poverty and loss, including the stillbirth of their child. Years later, a gusher makes them rich, and a whirlwind of European luxury pulls Ronald into high finance and away from Candis. Lonely, she meets Stephen Trent, while a flirtatious socialite, Gelda Blair, stirs suspicion. When Candis discovers a letter confirming Ronald’s brief, regretted lapse, she leaves him and, briefly considering Trent, recoils from the cheapness of revenge. Ronald confronts Trent, then desperately searches for Candis in vain until he returns to their old Sola shack. There, Candis has also come back, and they recognize that their real enchanted kingdom is not wealth but their enduring love, and they reconcile. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cChicago, IL: The Consolidated Magazines Corporation, 1929
653 _aShort stories
653 _aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction
653 _aSpouses -- Fiction
700 1 _aBenson, Leslie L.
_q(Leslie Langille),
_d1885-1972
830 0 _aProduced from the April, 1929 issue of The Red Book magazine.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77342
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