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A hundred years ago, Margaret Deland was a top American author on par with Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, or Thomas Hardy. She rubbed elbows with presidents and became a…
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Margaret Deland
The Old Garden and Other Verses by Margaret Deland is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas…
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Reproduction of the original: John Ward, Preacher by Margaret Deland
In Old Chester, a village a few miles away from the Pittsburgh, Lydia Sampson’s landlord’s daughter becomes pregnant. Lydia intervenes mysteriously and raises an orphan baby.. .
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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With your help I could endure any pain. I wonder, he went on, in a lower voice, as though thinking aloud, if this strength of yours could inspire me to…
The Way To Peace is written in an incredibly vivid and fluid fashion. Margaret Deland really brings the story of Athalia and her husband Lewis Hal to life. She follows…
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by…
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
Author of Dr. Lavendar’s people and Old Chester Tales
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
The most delightful thing about our engagement is that everybody is so pleased with it. Amy Townsend said this, smiling down at her lover, who, full length on the grass…
In this gripping novel, Deland explores themes of family, inheritance, and personal growth through the story of Rachel Dorn and her troubled relationship with her estranged father
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Novelist whose career began in the greeting card business. The book begins: Miss Jane Jay used to think that she discovered Paul Phillips: but really and truly Doctor Lavendar saw…
Deland’s career began in the greeting card business. The story begins: Dr. Lavendar, said William King, some time when Goliath is doing his 2.40 on a plank road, don’t you…
Deland’s career began in the greeting card business. The story begins: Climb up in this tree, and play house! Elizabeth Ferguson commanded. She herself had climbed to the lowest branch…
Old Chester Tales - With iIllus. by Howard Pyle is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas…
Florida Days is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and…
Dr. Lavender is the minister of Old Chester in New England. All the problems of human life which can be produced in a little town are brought to him for…
Athalia, an impetuous wife taken to ‘fancies’, drags her husband lewis off to see a Shaker settlement, falls in love with the peace of the place and decides to leave…
A woman turns to an elderly doctor when her troubles begin to overwhelm her.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1888 Edition.
The Iron Woman is a novel of manners by the American writer Margaret Deland set in the 19th century fictional locale of Mercer, an Ohio River community that represents Pittsburgh…
