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The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
The narrative focuses primarily on the story of Christina Sorel, a young girl who is raised in a cultured environment by her uncle and aunt but is forced to leave her home to care for a sick lady at a rough castle named Adlerstein.
"The Dove in the Eagle's Nest" by Charlotte M. Yonge is a historical novel set in the late 19th century, reflecting on the complexities of life in 15th century Germany. The narrative focuses primarily on the story of Christina Sorel, a young girl who is raised in a cultured environment by her uncle and aunt but is forced to leave her home to care for a sick lady at a rough castle named Adlerstein.
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The upper lattices of a tall, narrow window were open, and admitted the view, of first some richly-tinted vine leaves and purpling grapes, then, in dazzling freshness of new white stone, the lacework fabric of a half-built minster spire, with a mason’s crane on the summit, bending as though craving for a further supply of materials; and beyond, peeping through every crevice of the exquisite open fretwork, was the intensely blue sky of early autumn.
The lower longer panes of the window were closed, and the glass, divided into circles and quarrels, made the scene less distinct; but still the huge stone tower was traceable, and, farther off, the slope of a gently-rising hill, clothed with vineyards blushing into autumn richness. Below, the view was closed by the gray wall of a court-yard, laden with fruit-trees in full bearing, and inclosing paved paths that radiated from a central fountain, and left spaces between, where a few summer flowers still lingered, and the remains of others showed what their past glory had been.
Contents
- 01Introduction
- 02List of Illustrations
- 03Chapter I Master Gottfried’s Workshop
- 04Chapter II the Eyrie
- 05Chapter III the Flotsam and Jetsam of the Debateable Ford
- 06Chapter IV Snow-Wreaths When ’Tis Thaw
- 07Chapter V the Young Freiherr
- 08Chapter VI the Blessed Friedmund’s Wake
- 09Chapter VII the Schneiderlein’s Return
- 10Chapter VIII Passing the Oubliette
- 11Chapter IX the Eaglets
- 12Chapter X the Eagle’s Prey
- 13Chapter XI the Choice in Life
- 14Chapter XII Back to the Dovecote
- 15Chapter XIII the Eaglets in the City
- 16Chapter XIV the Double-Headed Eagle
- 17Chapter XV the Rival Eyrie
- 18Chapter XVI the Eagle and the Snake
- 19Chapter XVII Bridging the Ford
- 20Chapter XVIII Friedmund in the Clouds
- 21Chapter XIX the Fight at the Ford
- 22Chapter XX the Wounded Eagle
- 23Chapter XXI Ritter Theurdank
- 24Chapter XXII Peace
- 25Chapter XXIII the Altar of Peace
- 26Chapter XXIV Old Iron and New Steel
- 27Chapter XXV the Star and the Spark
About this edition
- Author
- Charlotte M. Yonge
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 322 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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