Project Gutenberg 2012-11-10 Public domain in the USA. 60 Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) 1835 1915 Braddon, Mary Elizabeth White, Babington Breddon, Miss Maxwell, Mary Elizabeth Braddon Braddon, Mary E. Mount Royal: A Novel. Volume 1 of 3 Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Mount Royal: A Novel. Volume 1 of 3" by M. E. Braddon is a work of fiction written in the late 19th century. This novel follows the lives of Christabel Courtenay and her aunt, Mrs. Tregonell, as they navigate themes of love, grief, and societal expectations, notably in relation to Captain Hamleigh, a widower whose past looms over the present. The setting of Mount Royal serves as a picturesque backdrop, complementing the interplay of emotion and intrigue among the characters. The opening of the novel introduces us to deep familial bonds and a wistful exploration of past loves as Christabel listens intently to her aunt's reflections on her late fiancé, Captain Hamleigh, and the sadness surrounding his deceased wife. Their conversation is interspersed with humor and youthful candor, which highlights Christabel's delicate innocence and growing curiosity about love and marriage. As Aunt Diana recounts her memories, including her hopes for Christabel's future and the arrival of Captain Hamleigh’s son, Angus, the narrative sets a tone of nostalgia mixed with underlying tension and possibility, creating a foundation for the emotional conflicts to unfold throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 351328 351337 2024-09-17T10:59:11.158321 2023-09-18T06:00:20.706473 text/html text/html 353873 2013-07-07T14:22:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 160134 2013-07-07T14:24:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 223832 2024-09-17T10:59:17.151291 application/epub+zip 228378 2024-09-17T10:59:12.802311 application/epub+zip 197985 2024-09-17T10:59:11.840329 application/epub+zip 407890 2024-09-17T10:59:20.609256 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 392481 2024-09-17T10:59:16.471331 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308421 2022-09-18T20:16:16.330874 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335710 335503 2024-09-17T10:59:10.583344 2023-09-18T06:00:20.114975 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 335456 2013-07-07T14:22:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 131765 2013-07-07T14:24:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 335454 2013-07-07T14:22:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 131695 2013-07-07T14:24:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20241 2024-09-17T10:59:20.758258 application/rdf+xml 14318 2024-09-17T10:59:12.188310 image/jpeg 3429 2024-09-17T10:59:12.013309 image/jpeg 219360 2024-09-17T10:59:11.192319 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