Project Gutenberg 2012-09-23 Public domain in the USA. 63 Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion) 1854 1909 Crawford, Francis Marion Flagg, James Montgomery 1877 1960 Flagg, J. Montgomery The Diva's Ruby Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Diva's Ruby" by F. Marion Crawford is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story intertwines themes of love, ambition, and hidden treasures, beginning with the mysterious Baraka, a beautiful Tartar girl who harbors a dangerous secret about a ruby mine. Her love for a European traveler leads to a perilous adventure that explores the depths of desire against a backdrop of cultural constraints and personal longing. The opening of the novel introduces Baraka, who, despite her beauty and charm, grapples with unrequited love for a striking traveler who is unaware of her affections. After she reveals the secret of a hidden ruby mine to him, they embark on a treacherous journey together, facing mistrust and the dangers of their environment. Baraka's desperation grows as she seeks to win the traveler’s love, leading to desperate choices that intertwine their fates amidst the allure of wealth and the threats posed by her own family. As the story unfolds, the stakes become increasingly high, merging themes of love, betrayal, and the quest for identity against the tumultuous backdrop of life and death. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40844/40844-h/images/cover.jpg en Mystery fiction Rubies -- Fiction Singers -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 722687 722697 2024-09-17T08:24:16.773171 2023-09-18T03:42:10.094177 text/html text/html 730540 2015-11-24T15:05:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 996077 2015-11-24T15:07:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1018831 2024-09-17T08:24:24.799136 application/epub+zip 1030547 2024-09-17T08:24:17.705148 application/epub+zip 345302 2024-09-17T08:24:17.222224 application/epub+zip 1229218 2024-09-17T08:24:30.691101 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1179144 2024-09-17T08:24:24.299130 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 496010 2022-09-18T16:49:30.072594 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 668738 668545 2024-09-17T08:24:15.104223 2023-09-18T03:42:08.587139 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 668496 2015-11-24T14:37:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 249422 2015-11-24T15:07:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 668517 2015-11-24T14:37:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 249359 2015-11-24T15:07:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21656 2024-09-17T08:24:30.961085 application/rdf+xml 15698 2024-09-17T08:24:17.323177 image/jpeg 2434 2024-09-17T08:24:17.273163 image/jpeg 999664 2024-09-17T08:24:16.868224 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 en.wikipedia