Project Gutenberg 2008-08-11 Public domain in the USA. 107 Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte 1819 1899 Nevitt, Dorothy Emma Eliza Southworth, E. D. E. N. Southworth, Emma D. E. N. Southworth, Mrs. E. D. E. N. Her mother's secret Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Her Mother's Secret" by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around personal and familial conflicts, particularly focusing on Odalite Force, the protagonist who is torn between her childhood love Leonidas and the pressures exerted by her mother to consider marriage with the older Colonel Angus Anglesea. The novel delves into themes of love, duty, and the sacrifices made for family honor. The opening of the novel introduces us to Odalite as she pleads with her mother, Elfrida Force, not to force her to break off her connection with Leonidas, her childhood friend and love. Elfrida insists that Odalite must embrace her destiny, which may not involve Leonidas, as she tries to prepare her for a more advantageous marital union. As the conversation unfolds, it becomes clear that Odalite is unaware of a deeper family secret that compels her mother to manipulate her daughter’s affections and future. Colonel Anglesea, who has a questionable past, emerges as a suitor, ultimately creating tension between Odalite's desires and her family's expectations. This clash sets the stage for the dramatic struggles Odalite will face between adherence to family honor and her own heart's yearnings. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 626251 626264 2024-10-11T09:21:58.819772 2023-09-11T11:45:39.375829 text/html text/html 652887 2021-01-03T22:57:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 243625 2021-01-03T22:57:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 322410 2024-10-11T09:22:10.946730 application/epub+zip 333771 2024-10-11T09:22:02.378748 application/epub+zip 313718 2024-10-11T09:22:00.734737 application/epub+zip 601563 2024-10-11T09:22:17.407192 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 540470 2024-10-11T09:22:09.808694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 499813 2022-09-12T08:41:01.129361 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 562873 562789 2024-10-11T09:21:56.660776 2023-09-11T11:45:37.513795 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 562653 2021-01-03T22:57:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 212307 2021-01-03T22:57:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 562644 2021-01-03T22:57:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 212267 2021-01-03T22:57:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21437 2024-10-11T09:22:17.549154 application/rdf+xml 12963 2024-10-11T09:22:01.314761 image/jpeg 3209 2024-10-11T09:22:01.023736 image/jpeg 309033 2024-10-11T09:21:58.875752 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