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100 1 _aBesant, Walter,
_d1836-1901
245 1 4 _aThe Changeling
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2015
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2015-05-23
508 _aProduced by Shaun Pinder, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive and HathiTrust.org)
520 _a"The Changeling" by Walter Besant is a novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative revolves around themes of identity and the consequences of choices surrounding adoption and substitution of children, particularly focusing on a young mother seeking a solution to her grief after the loss of her son. The story unfolds with a prominent lady who is driven by desperation to adopt a child, leading to a complex web of emotions and moral dilemmas. The opening of the novel introduces us to a doctor who assists a young lady in adopting a child, as she is grieving her own deceased son. The scene is filled with tension as the lady expresses her sympathy for the child's biological mother, revealing the emotional weight of her decisions. The dialogue between the doctor and the lady hints at deeper themes of heredity and the unknown consequences of her actions. As the narrative progresses, it is clear this seemingly clandestine transaction sets off a chain of events that intertwines their lives irrevocably, setting the stage for explorations of familial bonds, identity, and societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aEngland -- Fiction
653 _aAdoption -- Fiction
653 _aSocial classes -- England -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49035
999 _c89873
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