Project Gutenberg 2005-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 62 Brame, Charlotte M. 1836 1884 Braeme, Charlotte Monica Clay, Bertha M. Brame, Charlotte Mary My Mother's Rival Everyday Life Library No. 4 Reading ease score: 80.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Steven desJardins and PG Distributed Proofreaders "My Mother's Rival" by Charlotte M. Brame is a novel written during the late 19th century. The story centers around Laura Tayne, a young girl who reflects on her childhood and the complex emotions tied to her beautiful mother, Lady Tayne, and the arrival of a governess, Miss Reinhart, whose presence disrupts their lives. The novel delves into themes of familial love, social reputation, and the hardships faced by the children of parents embroiled in scandal. The opening portion of the book sets a melancholic yet captivating tone, as Laura contemplates the fates of children of criminals and reveals her own hidden sorrows. She describes her idyllic life at Tayne Abbey, characterized by deep affection for her parents, especially her mother, whose beauty and kindness seem to enchant everyone around her. However, a shadow looms as Miss Reinhart arrives, seemingly charming at first but quickly becoming a rival in both household management and emotional ties. Laura’s innocent observations hint at a brewing tension, and she senses the growing distance and change in her father’s affections toward her mother, setting the stage for a deeper conflict within their family dynamics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 142008 142011 2024-10-07T04:22:10.121257 2023-09-07T06:19:40.112883 text/html text/html 140150 2020-12-14T04:59:13 text/html; charset=us-ascii 115332 2020-12-14T04:59:13 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 123611 2024-10-07T04:22:13.473209 application/epub+zip 124259 2024-10-07T04:22:11.179214 application/epub+zip 119437 2024-10-07T04:22:10.385229 application/epub+zip 179355 2024-10-07T04:22:15.267211 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 170562 2024-10-07T04:22:13.202216 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166350 2022-09-07T20:22:07.618221 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 131382 131338 2024-10-07T04:22:09.760251 2023-09-07T06:19:39.802887 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 131226 2020-12-14T04:59:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 48878 2020-12-14T04:59:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19375 2024-10-07T04:22:15.459197 application/rdf+xml 14610 2024-10-07T04:22:10.821213 image/jpeg 2435 2024-10-07T04:22:10.603227 image/jpeg 115550 2024-10-07T04:22:10.137221 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia