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قراءة كتاب Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present Time
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RUTH HALL:
A
DOMESTIC TALE
OF
THE PRESENT TIME.
BY
FANNY FERN.
NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY MASON BROTHERS.
1855.
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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854,
BY MASON BROTHERS,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Southern District
of New York.
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STEREOTYPED BY
THOMAS B. SMITH,
216 William St., N. Y.
PRINTED BY
JOHN A. GRAY,
95 & 97 Cliff St.
PREFACE.
TO THE READER.
I present you with my first continuous story. I do not dignify it by the name of “A novel.” I am aware that it is entirely at variance with all set rules for novel-writing. There is no intricate plot; there are no startling developments, no hair-breadth escapes. I have compressed into one volume what I might have expanded into two or three. I have avoided long introductions and descriptions, and have entered unceremoniously and unannounced, into people’s houses, without stopping to ring the bell. Whether you will fancy this primitive mode of calling, whether you will like the company to which it introduces you, or—whether you will like the book at all, I cannot tell. Still, I cherish the hope that, somewhere in the length and breadth of the land, it may fan into a flame, in some tried heart, the fading embers of hope, well-nigh extinguished by wintry fortune and summer friends.
FANNY FERN.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. | |
THE EVE BEFORE THE BRIDAL—RUTH’S LITTLE ROOM—A RETROSPECTIVE REVERIE | 15 |
CHAPTER II. | |
THE WEDDING—A GLIMPSE OF THE CHARACTER OF RUTH’S BROTHER HYACINTH | 23 |
CHAPTER III. | |
THE NEW HOME—SOLILOQUY OF THE MOTHER-IN-LAW | 25 |
CHAPTER IV. | |
THE FIRST INTERVIEW WITH THE MOTHER-IN-LAW | 28 |
CHAPTER V. | |
RUTH’S REFLECTIONS ON THE INTERVIEW | 32 |
CHAPTER VI. | |
A BIT OF FAMILY HISTORY | 34 |
CHAPTER VII. | |
THE FIRST-BORN | 39 |
CHAPTER VIII. | |
THE NURSE | 41 |
CHAPTER IX. | |
FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS OF THE MOTHER-IN-LAW’S CHARACTER | 44 |
CHAPTER X. | |
RUTH’S COUNTRY HOME | 47 |
CHAPTER XI. | |
RUTH AND DAISY | 50 |
CHAPTER XII. | |
THE OLD FOLKS FOLLOW THE YOUNG COUPLE—AN ENTERTAINING DIALOGUE | 52 |
CHAPTER XIII. | |
THE OLD LADY’S SURREPTITIOUS VISIT TO RUTH’S, AND HER ENCOUNTER WITH DINAH | 55 |
CHAPTER XIV. | |
THE OLD LADY SEARCHES THE HOUSE—WHAT SHE FINDS | 59 |
CHAPTER XV. | |
THE OLD DOCTOR MEDDLES WITH HARRY’S FARMING ARRANGEMENTS | 63 |
CHAPTER XVI. | |
LITTLE DAISY’S REVERIE—HER STRANGE PLAYFELLOW | 65 |
CHAPTER XVII. | |
“PAT” MUTINIES | 67 |
CHAPTER XVIII. | |
A GROWL FROM THE OLD LADY | 69 |
CHAPTER XIX. | |