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The White Gauntlet
The story revolves around Marion Wade, a beautiful and noble young woman who finds herself in a moment of personal turmoil as she navigates encounters with other characters in her environment, particularly Henry Holtspur, a man of higher social standing.
"The White Gauntlet" by Captain Mayne Reid is a historical novel. The story revolves around Marion Wade, a beautiful and noble young woman who finds herself in a moment of personal turmoil as she navigates encounters with other characters in her environment, particularly Henry Holtspur, a man of higher social standing.
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A woman in a wood—encountered accidentally, and alone. ’Tis an encounter to challenge curiosity—even though she be but a gipsy, or a peasant girl gathering sticks.
If a high-born dame, beautiful,—and, above all, bright-haired,—curiosity is no longer the word; but admiration, involuntary, unrestrained—bordering upon adoration. It is but the instinct of man’s heart to worship the fairest object, upon which man’s eye may rest; and this is a beautiful woman, with bright hair, met in the middle of a wood.
Marion Wade possessed all the conditions to merit such exalted admiration. She was high-born, beautiful, and bright-haired. She was alone in a wood.
It did not detract from the interest of the situation, that she was mounted on a white horse, carried a hawk on her hand, and was followed by a hound.
She was unaccompanied by human creature—hawk, hound, and horse being her only companions.
It must have been her choice to be thus unattended. Wishing it, the daughter of Sir Marmaduke Wade might have had for escort a score of retainers.
Autumn was in the sky: and along with it a noon-day sun. The golden light straggling through the leaves was reflected upon a field of blue, brilliant as the canopy whence it came. It was not the blue of the hyacinth gleaming in the forest glade, nor the modest violet that empurples the path. In October it could not be either. More attractive was that cerulean tint, seen in the iris of a woman’s eye—the eye of Marion Wade.
Contents
- 01Volume One—Chapter One.
- 02Volume One—Chapter Two.
- 03Volume One—Chapter Three.
- 04Volume One—Chapter Four.
- 05Volume One—Chapter Five.
- 06Volume One—Chapter Six.
- 07Volume One—Chapter Seven.
- 08Volume One—Chapter Eight.
- 09Volume One—Chapter Nine.
- 10Volume One—Chapter Ten.
- 11Volume One—Chapter Eleven.
- 12Volume One—Chapter Twelve.
- 13Volume One—Chapter Thirteen.
- 14Volume One—Chapter Fourteen.
- 15Volume One—Chapter Fifteen.
- 16Volume One—Chapter Sixteen.
- 17Volume One—Chapter Seventeen.
- 18Volume One—Chapter Eighteen.
- 19Volume One—Chapter Nineteen.
- 20Volume One—Chapter Twenty.
- 21Volume One—Chapter Twenty One.
- 22Volume One—Chapter Twenty Two.
- 23Volume One—Chapter Twenty Three.
- 24Volume One—Chapter Twenty Four.
- 25Volume One—Chapter Twenty Five.
- 26End of Volume One.
- 27Volume Two—Chapter One.
- 28Volume Two—Chapter Two.
- 29Volume Two—Chapter Three.
- 30Volume Two—Chapter Four.
- 31Volume Two—Chapter Five.
- 32Volume Two—Chapter Six.
- 33Volume Two—Chapter Seven.
- 34Volume Two—Chapter Eight.
- 35Volume Two—Chapter Nine.
- 36Volume Two—Chapter Ten.
- 37Volume Two—Chapter Eleven.
- 38Volume Two—Chapter Twelve.
- 39Volume Two—Chapter Thirteen.
- 40Volume Two—Chapter Fourteen.
- 41Volume Two—Chapter Fifteen.
- 42Volume Two—Chapter Sixteen.
- 43Volume Two—Chapter Seventeen.
- 44End of Volume Two.
- 45Volume Three—Chapter One.
- 46Volume Three—Chapter Two.
- 47Volume Three—Chapter Three.
- 48Volume Three—Chapter Four.
- 49Volume Three—Chapter Five.
- 50Volume Three—Chapter Six.
- 51Volume Three—Chapter Seven.
- 52Volume Three—Chapter Eight.
- 53Volume Three—Chapter Nine.
- 54Volume Three—Chapter Ten.
- 55Volume Three—Chapter Eleven.
- 56Volume Three—Chapter Twelve.
- 57Volume Three—Chapter Thirteen.
- 58Volume Three—Chapter Fourteen.
- 59Volume Three—Chapter Fifteen.
- 60Volume Three—Chapter Sixteen.
About this edition
- Author
- Mayne Reid
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 561 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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