Project Gutenberg 2014-07-22 Public domain in the USA. 81 Collins, E. Burke, Mrs. 1848 Brown, Emma Augusta Collins, Mrs. E. Burke Her Dark Inheritance Produced by Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) "Her Dark Inheritance" by Mrs. E. Burke Collins is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the life of Beatrix Dane, a young girl with a complex past, who becomes entangled in a web of dark family secrets, legacy, and unexpected circumstances. The narrative is rich with dramatic tension, centering on themes of identity, love, and the struggle against malevolent forces. The opening portion introduces us to a stormy night in Chester, Massachusetts, where the lonely and burdened physician, Doctor Frederick Lynne, is surprised by a mysterious visitor who brings in a dying woman and her child. After this shocking event, he discovers a letter commanding him to raise the child, Beatrix, with the promise of wealth if he does not pursue her background. As the story unfolds, we see Beatrix grow into a young woman who is forced to navigate through familial tensions, her own unresolved feelings about her real parents, and the oppressive influence of Bernard Dane, who has ulterior motives for her future. The dynamics between Beatrix, her adopted family, and the enigmatic Keith Kenyon create a compelling web of relationships that drive the narrative forward. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46363/46363-h/images/cover.jpg en Gothic fiction Dime novels PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 392756 392765 2024-09-19T11:10:10.079601 2023-09-20T07:21:19.564646 text/html text/html 399701 2014-07-21T19:13:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 381952 2014-07-21T19:13:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 385892 2024-09-19T11:10:16.001572 application/epub+zip 390590 2024-09-19T11:10:10.909545 application/epub+zip 216409 2024-09-19T11:10:10.483576 application/epub+zip 530770 2024-09-19T11:10:20.333487 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 481317 2024-09-19T11:10:15.492564 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308204 2022-09-21T05:57:59.703498 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355771 355568 2024-09-19T11:10:09.201581 2023-09-20T07:21:18.750645 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 355520 2014-07-21T19:13:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 133337 2014-07-21T19:13:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 355511 2014-07-21T19:13:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 133312 2014-07-21T19:13:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20043 2024-09-19T11:10:20.480486 application/rdf+xml 24673 2024-09-19T11:10:10.564538 image/jpeg 3761 2024-09-19T11:10:10.523550 image/jpeg 382553 2024-09-19T11:10:10.119556 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