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Aurora Floyd, Vol. 1
Aurora Floyd, the spirited daughter of a wealthy banker, harbors a dark secret from her past that threatens her future happiness.
"Aurora Floyd, Vol. 1" by M. E. Braddon is a sensation novel. Aurora Floyd, the spirited daughter of a wealthy banker, harbors a dark secret from her past that threatens her future happiness.
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Faint streaks of crimson glimmer here and there amidst the rich darkness of the Kentish woods. Autumn's red finger has been lightly laid upon the foliage—sparingly, as the artist puts the brighter tints into his picture: but the grandeur of an August sunset blazes upon the peaceful landscape, and lights all into glory.
The encircling woods and wide lawn-like meadows, the still ponds of limpid water, the trim hedges, and the smooth winding roads; undulating hill-tops, melting into the purple distance; labouring men's cottages gleaming white from the surrounding foliage; solitary roadside inns with brown thatched roofs and moss-grown stacks of lop-sided chimneys; noble mansions hiding behind ancestral oaks; tiny Gothic edifices; Swiss and rustic lodges; pillared gates surmounted by escutcheons hewn in stone, and festooned with green wreaths of clustering ivy; village churches and prim school-houses: every object in the fair English prospect is steeped in a luminous haze, as the twilight shadows steal slowly upward from the dim recesses of shady woodland and winding lane, and every outline of the landscape darkens against the deepening crimson of the sky.
Contents
- 01Chapter I.
- 02How a Rich Banker Married an Actress.
- 03Chapter II.
- 04Aurora.
- 05Chapter III.
- 06What Became of the Diamond Bracelet.
- 07Chapter IV.
- 08After the Ball.
- 09Chapter V.
- 10John Mellish.
- 11Chapter VI.
- 12Rejected and Accepted.
- 13Chapter VII.
- 14Aurora's Strange Pensioner.
- 15Chapter VIII.
- 16Poor John Mellish Comes Back Again.
- 17Chapter IX.
- 18How Talbot Bulstrode Spent His Christmas.
- 19Chapter X.
- 20Fighting the Battle.
- 21Chapter XI.
- 22At the Château D'arques.
- 23Chapter XII.
- 24Steeve Hargraves, the "Softy."
- 25Chapter XIII.
- 26The Spring Meeting.
- 27End of Vol. I.
About this edition
- Author
- M. E. Braddon
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Advanced: for close, demanding reading
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 179 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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