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100 1 _aThorne, Eglanton,
_d1852-1907
245 1 0 _aMaud Marian, artist
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
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 _aThe girl's own bookshelf
500 _aRelease date is 2026-02-04
520 _a"Maud Marian, artist" by Eglanton Thorne is a novel written in the late 19th century. It centers on a wealthy, headstrong young painter, Maud Marian, who pursues artistic fame in Rome while her gentler cousin Enid Mildmay navigates the city’s expatriate circles, exposing a contrast between ambition and duty. Set among studios, salons, and Roman ruins, the story promises romance and moral testing through figures like earnest Sidney Althorp, charming Julius Dakin, and the unvarnished critiques of working artists. The opening of the novel shows Maud bristling at her aunt’s marriage and pressing her father to let her return to Rome for “Art,” despite his wish for her companionship and Sidney Althorp’s quiet appeal to duty; he yields, on condition she travel with a companion, and Enid Mildmay is invited. In Devonport, Enid’s practical family weighs the offer; her delicate mother encourages the chance for beauty, language, and training, and Enid departs, torn but elated. Arriving in Rome, Enid slips off to the Colosseum, impulsively strikes up a conversation with Julius Dakin, and then watches Maud secure and lavishly outfit a showpiece “Studio Mariano.” At the Pincio Enid recognizes Julius as Maud’s friend yet hides their earlier meeting; during the studio’s inaugural tea, the famed Herr Schmitz bluntly demolishes Maud’s work while praising Enid’s modest still life, sparking hurt and a brief quarrel between the cousins. Enid forges new ties—lessons with the lovely Adela Ravani and a warm friendship with the solitary painter Miss Strutt—while Julius’s attentions (flowers, visits) and Maud’s pride set the stage for the social and artistic entanglements to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: The Religious Tract Society, 1894
653 _aChristian life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aYoung women -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aFathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aBritish -- Italy -- Rome -- Juvenile fiction
830 0 _aThe girl's own bookshelf
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77861
999 _c118581
_d118581