The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander), 1814-1881.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales" by Francis A. Durivage is a collection of short stories likely written in the mid-19th century. This anthology features diverse narratives filled with themes of love, tragedy, and moral lessons, exemplified through distinct characters facing a variety of life's dilemmas. The stories offer readers an engaging exploration of human emotions and relationships during a time when societal norms were rapidly changing. The opening portion introduces us to the setting and the narrative style of Durivage's work. The narrative unfolds with a traveling character who, faced with adverse weather and a bothersome journey, seeks refuge at a lonely inn in New Hampshire. Here, he encounters an assortment of less-than-pleasant characters and the eerie ambiance of the inn and its surroundings, including the graveyard nearby. This evokes not only an atmosphere conducive to storytelling but also foreshadows the intertwining of life, death, and human experience that the author presents in his tales. The stage is set for deeper themes to emerge, involving the relationships and lives of the characters that reside within or interact with the inn's environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

The goldsmith's daughter

Philetus Potts

The gondolier

The surrender of Cornwallis

The three brides

California speculation

The French guardsman

Personal satisfaction

The castle on the Rhine

Love in a cottage

The career of an artist

Souvenirs of a retired oysterman in ill health

The New Year's stockings

The obliging young man

Eulalie Lasalle

The old city pump

The two portraits

Uncle Obed

The casket of jewels

Acting charades

The green chamber

He wasn't a horse jockey

Funeral shadows

The late Elias Muggs

The soldier's wife

A kiss on demand

The rifle shot

The water cure

The Cossack

Married for money

The emigrant ship

The last of the stage coaches

The sexton of St. Hubert's

Jack Withers

The silver hammer

The Christ Church chimes

The Polish slave

Obeying orders

The deacon's horse

The contrabandista

The stage-struck gentleman

The diamond star

The game of chance

The soldier's son

Taking charge of a lady

The New Year's bells

The old year and the new.

Credits:

Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Notes:

Reading ease score: 71.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Release date is 2006-02-03