True as Steel: A Novel
Excerpt from Marion Harland's novel 'True as Steel': youthful friends Violet and Hadassah navigate school, family ties, social ambition and marriage in Southern society.
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True as Steel: A Novel
Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery
Marion Harland's Common Sense in the Household (1880) is a practical manual of housewifery—recipes, household management, and encouragement for homemakers.
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Her Wedding Day
Victorian domestic tale. Aunt Ruth and nephew Aleck discuss courtship, marriage, family duties, and local gossip after his return from a European tour.
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Helen Gardner’s Wedding Day; or, Colonel Floyd’s Wards
OCRed text of Marion Harland's novel 'Colonel Floyd's Wards' — Victorian domestic fiction focusing on guardianship, courtship, family dynamics, and social manners.
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At Last: A Novel
19th-century novel 'At Last' follows matchmaker Mrs. Rachel Button as she arranges romances and navigates love, widowhood, and society in Virginia.
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Phemie’s Temptation
Nineteenth-century domestic fiction about Phemie, a diligent young clerk who faces poverty, social snubs, and moral temptation while striving to support her family.
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Ruby’s Husband
Excerpt from Marion Harland's novel showing Agnes's descent from genteel life into a difficult marriage and meager domestic existence. Themes: marriage, pride, endurance, household industry.
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Sunnybank
Excerpt from Marion Harland's 1866 novel Sunnybank: a Virginia domestic narrative (circa 1861) portraying estate life, family relationships, and characters as civil conflict looms.
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A Christmas Talk with Mothers
1865 Christmas essay urging mothers to cherish motherhood and large families, criticizing fashionable disdain for many children and affirming babies' rights and maternal duty.
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Fred Harley’s Passenger
Mr. Harley and his son Johnny travel a wintry mountain road; a stranger's interest in the father's money and missing pistols foreshadows danger. Domestic life and industrial enterprise collide.
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Bessie’s Baby
A young bride, Bessie, cherishes her newborn while navigating a cold, controlling mother-in-law and sister; domestic tensions test her devotion and place in the household.
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Husbands and Homes
Marion Harland's Husbands and Homes: a domestic novel about the Boylan family, tracing marriage tensions, household duties, and sibling rivalry among three sisters and their mother.
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Nemesis
Excerpt from Marion Harland's novel Nemesis: an autumnal rural journey as Mark Hale and his wife Bessy travel to a new cottage, showing landscape, domestic anxieties, and nostalgic memories.
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Husks: Colonel Floyd’s Wards
A rainy vignette: Miss Sarah Hunt shelters a drenched match-girl, highlighting class disparities, family vanity, and quiet acts of charity in urban 19th-century life.
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Miriam
College student Thorne finds his reclusive classmate Hosmer collapsed and tries to revive him. The scene highlights student isolation, devoted study, and compassionate aid.
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Moss-Side
A Victorian tale excerpt: Louise confides in a friend, revealing grief over a lost love and dread of an arranged marriage. She rails at society and questions faith.
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The Hidden Path
Victorian domestic novel opening: a family's homecoming uncovers a mother's planned remarriage, a lame boy's fragility, and a daughter's quiet piety and jealous pain.
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“Living in Vain”
Two pieces: an essay on perfumes and their biblical use (Exodus 30), and a devotional tale ('Living in Vain') about wasted life, angelic comfort, and Christian patience.
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