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Edith Lyle

Mary Jane Holmes

The novel follows the life of Edith Lyle, who faces numerous hardships, including the death of her husband, Abelard, during a tragic accident that also involves the Schuyler family.

"Edith Lyle: A Novel" by Mary Jane Holmes is a work of fiction. The novel follows the life of Edith Lyle, who faces numerous hardships, including the death of her husband, Abelard, during a tragic accident that also involves the Schuyler family.

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The Schuylers were of Holland descent, and had married and intermarried in England and America, and had in their family a title, it was said, and they boasted of their Dutch blood, and English blood, and American blood, and, like the famous Miss McBride, “were proud of their money and proud of their pride,” and proud to be known as “the Schuylers of New York,” who had for so many years kept themselves free from anything approaching to plebeianism, and whose wealth and importance had been steadily on the increase since the first English Schuyler left his ancestral halls in Lincolnshire across the sea. But the race was gradually dying out, and the only male member of the direct line in America was Colonel Howard, a proud, reticent man, who, a few years before my story opens, had married Miss Emily Rossiter, a lady fully up to the Schuyler standard of moral and social worth.

Contents

  1. 01Introductory. By Esther Olivia Armstrong.
  2. 02Chapter I., and Call It Abelard.
  3. 03Chapter II. Heloise.
  4. 04Chapter III. The Day of the Funeral.
  5. 05Chapter IV. The Confession.
  6. 06Chapter V. Edith Lyle.
  7. 07Chapter VI. The Beginning of a New Life.
  8. 08Chapter VII. Eleven Years Later.
  9. 09Chapter VIII. Mother and Daughter.
  10. 10Chapter IX. Godfrey Schuyler.
  11. 11Chapter X. Colonel Schuyler.
  12. 12Chapter XI. Edith’s Diary.
  13. 13Extract from Godfrey’s Journal.
  14. 14Chapter XII. Edith and Her Mother.
  15. 15Chapter XIII. Mrs. Barrett’s Lodgers.
  16. 16Chapter XIV. Colonel Schuyler Returns.
  17. 17Chapter XV. Edith’s Answer.
  18. 18Chapter XVI. Breaking the News.
  19. 19Chapter XVII. The Bridal.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII. At Oakwood After the Bridal.
  21. 21Chapter XIX. The Bridal Days.
  22. 22Chapter XX. On the Sea.
  23. 23Chapter XXI. The Ladies at Schuyler Hill.
  24. 24Chapter XXII. The News at Schuyler Hill.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII. Mrs. Rogers and Gertie at Hampstead.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV. Mrs. Rogers Gets Work.
  27. 27Chapter XXV. They Come.
  28. 28Chapter XXVI. How They Received Her.
  29. 29Chapter XXVII. After Dinner.
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII. One Day in Hampstead.
  31. 31Chapter XXIX. The First Sunday in Hampstead.
  32. 32Chapter XXX. Company at Schuyler Hill.
  33. 33Chapter XXXI. The Church Sociable.
  34. 34Chapter XXXII. Mrs. Rogers Speaks Her Mind.
  35. 35Chapter XXXIII. The New Life at the Hill.
  36. 36Chapter XXXIV. Mary Rogers.
  37. 37Chapter XXXV. Gertie at the Hill.
  38. 38Chapter XXXVI. After Four Years.
  39. 39Chapter XXXVII. The Travellers,
  40. 40Chapter XXXVIII. Colonel Schuyler Interviews Godfrey.
  41. 41Chapter XXXIX. Col. Schuyler Interviews Gertie.
  42. 42Chapter XL. Robert Macpherson Interviews Gertie.
  43. 43Chapter XLI. A Few Details of That Summer in Hampstead.
  44. 44Chapter XLII. The Sail on the River.
  45. 45Chapter XLIII. The Course of Love Does Not Run Smooth.
  46. 46Chapter XLIV. Godfrey and Gertie.
  47. 47Chapter XLV. Robert Macpherson and Col. Schuyler.
  48. 48Chapter XLVI. Godfrey and His Father.
  49. 49Chapter XLVII. Waiting.
  50. 50Chapter XLVIII. Giving in Marriage.
  51. 51Chapter XLIX. Mrs. Doctor Barrett.
  52. 52Chapter L. The Storm Gathering.
  53. 53Chapter LI. The Storm Bursts.
  54. 54Chapter LII. The Battle Between Life and Death.
  55. 55Chapter LIII. Colonel Schuyler and the Secret.
  56. 56Chapter LIV. Husband and Wife.
  57. 57Chapter LV. The Search in London.
  58. 58Chapter LVI. Gertie.
  59. 59Chapter LVII. In New York.
  60. 60Chapter LVIII. Gertie and the Story.

About this edition

Author
Mary Jane Holmes
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
433 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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