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100 1 _aMiller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.,
_d1850-1937
245 1 3 _aAn Old Man's Darling
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2017
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2017-04-19
508 _aProduced by Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/))
520 _a"An Old Man's Darling" by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Bonnibel Vere, a young and beautiful girl enjoying the summer sun at Cape May, who becomes entangled in matters of love, fortune-telling, and fate. The opening chapters introduce her encounter with a mysterious old woman, who prophesies a troubling future intertwined with love and sorrow, setting the stage for tension between Bonnibel's desires and the men who seek her. At the start of the novel, we meet Bonnibel as she enjoys a carefree day by the seashore. Her pleasant moments are disrupted by an old hag who reads her palm, giving an ominous warning about sorrow linked to her beauty and foreshadowing a fate where she will be “an old man's darling.” Following this strange encounter, Bonnibel's relationship with Leslie Dane, a young artist, blossoms amidst familial obstacles posed by her wealthy uncle, who disapproves of the match. As the narrative unfolds, themes of love, socioeconomic disparity, and the fragile nature of happiness emerge, culminating in escalating tensions that suggest a gripping tale of passion, loss, and resilience. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aFiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54570
999 _c95402
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