The Indiscretion of the Duchess Being a Story Concerning Two Ladies, a Nobleman and a Necklace
Anthony Hope
The Indiscretion of the Duchess Being a Story Concerning Two Ladies, a Nobleman and a Necklace
Anthony Hope
- Hope was a barrister who gave up the law after the success of his novel The Prisoner of Zenda. This book begins: In accordance with many most excellent precedents, I might begin by claiming the sympathy due to an orphan alone in the world. I might even summon my unguided childhood and the absence of parental training to excuse my faults and extenuate my indiscretions. But the sympathy which I should thus gain would be achieved, I fear, by something very like false pretenses. For my solitary state sat very lightly upon me-the sad events which caused it being softened by the influence of time and habit-and had the recommendation of leaving me, not only free to manage my own life as I please, but also possessed of a competence which added power to my freedom. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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