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100 1 _aLyall, Edna,
_d1857-1903
245 1 0 _aDonovan, Volume 1 (of 3)
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2026-04-15
508 _aAl Haines
520 _a"Donovan, Volume 1 (of 3)" by Edna Lyall is a novel written in the late 19th century. It follows Donovan Farrant, a proud, gifted young skeptic shaped by a harsh upbringing and a school disgrace, as he confronts questions of honor, love, and faith. Early influences include his gentle but distant father, his fragile sister Dot, his worldly cousin Ellis, and the compassionate Tremain family in Cornwall. The tone promises a serious, character-driven story about wounded pride meeting steadfast kindness. The opening of the novel traces Donovan’s expulsion from school after he admits to introducing gambling, endures a brutal “gauntlet,” and, even when struck unfairly, restrains himself from retaliation. His father arrives, meets him with unexpected tenderness, and takes him away; a retrospect then reveals Donovan’s lonely childhood under a hard housekeeper, an early lure to cards via cousin Ellis, a shallow, self-absorbed mother, deep devotion to his invalid sister, and a drift into atheism encouraged by an agnostic tutor. On a stormy journey west, his father falls ill at Porthkerran; Dr. Tremain attends, and the Colonel quietly writes a simple will favoring Donovan before dying suddenly. In the aftermath, Mrs. Tremain offers practical kindness, Donovan’s mother overwhelms him with reproaches, he glimpses the Tremains’ warm household, and cousin Ellis arrives—only to seethe when the doctor privately delivers the will—bringing this first section to a tense pause. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Hurst and Blackett, 1882
653 _aEngland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
653 _aReligious fiction
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/donovannovel01lyal/mode/2up
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/donovannovel02lyal/mode/2up
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/donovannovel03lyal/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78456
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