Project Gutenberg 2015-04-29 Public domain in the USA. 70 Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. 1850 1937 Miller, Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller, Alexander McVeigh, Mrs. Point, Mittie Frances Clarke Miller, Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Countess Vera; or, The Oath of Vengeance 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/)) "Countess Vera; or, The Oath of Vengeance" by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller is a dramatic novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around themes of love, loss, revenge, and societal expectations, particularly focusing on the life of Vera Campbell, a young girl struggling against the cruelty of her relatives after the tragic death of her mother. Vera’s journey takes her from sorrow and desperation to a pivotal marriage that brings her both power and conflict. At the start of the novel, the reader is thrust into a poignant scene where Leslie Noble encounters the lifeless body of his bride, Vera's mother, leaving Vera distraught and grieving for the maternal love she lost. The narrative soon shifts to Vera's inner turmoil as she grapples with her circumstances, including the oppressive treatment from her cousin Ivy, who embodies the heartlessness of the privileged class. As events unfold, a dark plot involving Vera's attempted suicide and her father’s long-lost arrival hint at themes of vengeance against those who have wronged her and her mother. This mixture of tragedy and familial betrayal sets the tone for a gripping exploration of resilience against a backdrop of a rigid, unforgiving society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Orphans -- Fiction England -- Fiction Young women -- Fiction Dime novels PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 523954 523986 2024-09-20T10:58:09.961438 2023-09-21T07:36:05.782308 text/html text/html 528932 2015-04-29T06:52:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1464541 2015-04-29T06:52:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1429041 2024-09-20T10:58:18.541380 application/epub+zip 1435062 2024-09-20T10:58:11.237397 application/epub+zip 275679 2024-09-20T10:58:10.601402 application/epub+zip 1618540 2024-09-20T10:58:24.458873 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1564751 2024-09-20T10:58:17.557374 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413039 2022-09-22T07:10:58.354492 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 482461 482258 2024-09-20T10:58:08.357402 2023-09-21T07:36:04.123278 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 482342 2015-04-29T06:52:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 183427 2015-04-29T06:52:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19428 2024-09-20T10:58:24.605829 application/rdf+xml 24791 2024-09-20T10:58:10.693401 image/jpeg 3562 2024-09-20T10:58:10.647388 image/jpeg 1488326 2024-09-20T10:58:10.046397 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