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100	1		_aStephens, Ann S. _q(Ann Sophia), _d1810-1886
245	1	4	_aThe rejected wife
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aThis novel does not appear to be based on historical events in the life of Benedict Arnold.
500			_aRelease date is 2026-04-16
508			_aRichard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520			_a"The Rejected Wife" by Ann S. Stephens is a novel written in the mid-19th century. Set several generations earlier in a rural Connecticut village, it promises a domestic drama of love, ambition, and moral reckoning. The story orbits the Arnold family—warm, devout parents, their lovely daughter Hannah, and the returning son Benedict—whose stylish French guests disrupt the homestead’s calm and draw out hidden attachments, especially with the miller’s daughter, Amy Leonard. Expect a tale of romance and social pressure where a woman’s trust is severely tested. The opening of the novel paints Norwich and its neighboring farms on the eve of Thanksgiving, as Mrs. Arnold and Hannah finish their newly completed rooms and bustle through preparations while the household’s enslaved servants, Hagar and Dan, provide earthy humor. Benedict arrives home with Laura de Montreuil and her brother Paul; a village shooting-match, a reverent church service, and a sparkling sleigh-ride showcase the contrast between homely piety and cosmopolitan charm—Paul’s gallantry warms to Hannah, and Laura captivates attention. Beneath the merriment, Benedict grows tense when a saw-mill family is mentioned, and that night he secretly meets Amy Leonard by the mill to coldly repudiate a private union she believes binding, leaving her crushed and alone. The next day’s delayed departure keeps the guests under the Arnolds’ roof, with affection, deception, and impending conflict now set in motion. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cPhiladelphia: T. B. Peterson & brothers, 1863
653			_aArnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 -- Fiction
856	4		_uhttps://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008690295
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78470
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