SCENE I
It was an August evening, still and cloudy after a
day unusually chilly for the time of year. Now,
about sunset, the temperature was warmer than it had
been in the morning, and the depar...
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Mrs. Humphry Ward, born Mary Augusta Arnold, won worldwide recognition with the publication of Robert Elsmere (1888), which dramatized for countless readers the loss of faith in orthodox Christianity...
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The Story of Bessie Costrell
Mrs. Humphry Ward