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My Young Alcides: A Faded Photograph
The story revolves around Lucy Alison, who reflects on her family's history and the arrival of her estranged relatives, particularly the young man referred to as "young Alcides" or Harold.
"My Young Alcides: A Faded Photograph" by Charlotte M. Yonge is a novel. The story revolves around Lucy Alison, who reflects on her family's history and the arrival of her estranged relatives, particularly the young man referred to as "young Alcides" or Harold.
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One of the children brought me a photograph album, long ago finished and closed, and showed me a faded and blurred figure over which there had been a little dispute. Was it Hercules with club and lion-skin, or was it a gentleman I had known?
Ah me! how soon a man's place knoweth him no more! What fresh recollections that majestic form awoke in me—the massive features, with the steadfast eye, and low, square brow, curled over with short rings of hair; the mouth, that, through the thick, short beard, still invited trust and reliance, even while there was a look of fire and determination that inspired dread.
The thing seemed to us hideous and absurd when it was taken by Miss Horsman. I hated it, and hid it away as a caricature. But now those pale, vanishing tints bring the very presence before me; and before the remembrance can become equally obscure in my own mind, let me record for others the years that I spent with my young Alcides as he now stands before me in memory.
Contents
- 01My Young Alcides
- 02A Faded Photograph
- 03Chapter I.
- 04The Arghouse Inheritance.
- 05Chapter II.
- 06The Lion of Neme Heath.
- 07Chapter III.
- 08The "Dragon's Head."
- 09Chapter IV.
- 10The Wrath of Diana.
- 11Chapter V.
- 12The Capture in the Snow.
- 13Chapter VI.
- 14Ogden's Buildings.
- 15Chapter VII.
- 16The Birds of Ill Omen.
- 17Chapter VIII.
- 18Bullock's Chastisement.
- 19Chapter IX.
- 20The Champion's Belt.
- 21Chapter X.
- 22Dermot's Mare.
- 23Chapter XI.
- 24The Red Valley Cattle Stealers.
- 25Chapter XII.
- 26The Golden Fruit.
- 27Chapter XIII.
- 28The Bloodhound.
- 29Chapter XIV.
- 30Sunset Gold and Purple.
- 31Chapter XV.
- 32The Fatal Token.
- 33Chapter XVI.
- 34Conclusion.
About this edition
- Author
- Charlotte M. Yonge
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 306 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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