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100 1 _aVera,
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245 1 4 _aThe Doctor's Daughter
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2004-11-01
508 _aProduced by Yvonne Dailey, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions. HTML version by Al Haines.
520 _a"The Doctor's Daughter" by Vera is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story introduces the main character, Amelia (Amey) Hampden, who reflects on her challenging upbringing and complex family dynamics, particularly the coldness of her stepmother and the absence of parental love. The book delves into themes of loneliness, the quest for identity, and the contrast between societal expectations and personal reality. At the start of the novel, a preface sets a reflective tone, where the author expresses gratitude for the support given to her previous work, suggesting a desire to analyze and explore the intricacies of human relationships. Chapter One reveals Amey's birth into a seemingly ordinary but emotionally barren household, shaped by her mother's death shortly after her birth. As she grows, her emotional neglect becomes apparent, depicted through her struggles with a distant father and a self-absorbed stepmother. Social commentary emerges as Amey confronts her isolation and seeks solace in reflections on childhood innocence lost, creating a backdrop of emotional depth that promises a compelling journey of self-discovery as the novel progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aFiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6809
999 _c48805
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