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A Plucky Girl
The book centers around a young woman named Westenra Wickham, who faces a dramatic change in her fortunes following the death of her father and the subsequent loss of her family's wealth.
"A Plucky Girl" by L. T. Meade is a novel. The book centers around a young woman named Westenra Wickham, who faces a dramatic change in her fortunes following the death of her father and the subsequent loss of her family's wealth.
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I was born a month after my father's death, and my mother called me after him. His name was John Westenra Wickham, but I was Westenra Wickham alone. It was a strange name for a girl, and as I grew up people used to comment on it. Mother loved it very much, and always pronounced it slowly. She was devoted to father, and never spoke of him as most people do of their dead, but as if he were still living, and close to her and to me. When a very little child, my greatest treat was to sit on her knee and listen to wonderful stories of my brave and gallant father. He was a handsome man and a good man, and he must have possessed, in a large degree, those qualities which endear people to their fellows, for surely it was no light cause which made my mother's beautiful brown eyes sparkle as they did when she spoke of him, and her whole face awake to the tenderest life and love and beauty when she mentioned his name. 2
I grew up, therefore, with a great passionate affection for my dead father, and a great pride in his memory. He had been a Major-General in a Lancer regiment, and had fought many battles for his country, and led his men through untold dangers, and performed himself more gallant feats than I could count. He received his fatal wound at last in rescuing a brother-officer under fire in Zululand, and one of the last things he was told was that he had received his Victoria Cross.
Contents
- 01A Plucky Girl
- 02Contents
- 03Chapter I Fortune's Ball
- 04Chapter II Friends or Quondam Friends
- 05Chapter III My Scheme
- 06Chapter IV the Verdict
- 07Chapter V Jane Mullins
- 08Chapter VI the Berlin Wool Room
- 09Chapter VII the Paying Guests
- 10Chapter VIII the Flour in the Cake
- 11Chapter IX the Artist's Eye
- 12Chapter X Her Grace of Wilmot
- 13Chapter XI Why Did He Do It?
- 14Chapter XII Two Extremes
- 15Chapter XIII the Ugly Dress
- 16Chapter XIV Anxiety
- 17Chapter XV Dr. Reade
- 18Chapter XVI Give Me Your Promise
- 19Chapter XVII a Dash of Onions
- 20Chapter XVIII Buttered Bread
- 21Chapter XIX You Used to Love Us
- 22Chapter XX Ruined
- 23Chapter XXI Mr. Pattens
- 24Chapter XXII the Man in Possession
- 25Chapter XXIII Albert
- 26Chapter XXIV the Bond
- 27Chapter XXV You Are a Good Man
- 28Chapter XXVI Hand in Hand
- 29Chapter XXVII Too Late
- 30Chapter XXVIII This Dear Girl Belongs to Us
- 31Chapter XXIX Have I Lost You?
- 32Chapter XXX the Duchess Has Her Say
- 33Chapter XXXI the End Crowns All
About this edition
- Author
- L. T. Meade
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 282 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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