Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 63 Barr, Amelia E. 1831 1919 Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston The Maid of Maiden Lane Sequel to: The Bow of Orange Ribbon. Reading ease score: 80.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Etext produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML file produced by David Widger "The Maid of Maiden Lane" by Amelia E. Barr is a historical novel likely written in the late 19th century. This sequel to "The Bow of Orange Ribbon" centers around the character Cornelia Moran and explores themes of love, societal expectations, and the political climate of early American society, particularly in the context of the aftermath of British rule and the influence of the French Revolution. At the start of the novel, the reader is drawn into the vibrant atmosphere of New York in 1791, a city experiencing a resurgence in pride and identity post-revolution. We meet Cornelia Moran, who has just returned from a Moravian school, and her budding romance with Lieutenant Joris Hyde unfolds amid rich descriptions of the city's landscape and political tensions. The opening chapters introduce key characters, including Cornelia’s father, Dr. John Moran, and Joris's family, framing the story within a backdrop of love, societal divisions, and personal duty as debates about the nation's capital and cultural identity intertwine with the characters' lives. The dynamics of their interactions hint at conflicts between familial loyalty, personal ambition, and romantic desire, setting the stage for further developments in their relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Love stories New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction PS Text Historical Fiction Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 551723 551724 2024-10-03T06:30:10.439212 2023-10-03T06:24:02.003043 text/html text/html 574381 2021-01-27T03:42:01 text/html; charset=utf-8 193053 2021-01-27T03:42:01 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 264861 2024-10-03T06:30:18.812174 application/epub+zip 272157 2024-10-03T06:30:12.815213 application/epub+zip 272156 2024-10-03T06:30:11.406197 application/epub+zip 491209 2024-10-03T06:30:23.542163 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 462636 2024-10-03T06:30:17.895174 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 418424 2022-09-03T08:44:16.299076 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 469509 469366 2024-10-03T06:30:09.264285 2023-10-03T06:24:01.149035 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 469201 2012-09-09T21:26:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 182060 2012-09-09T21:33:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20252 2024-10-03T06:30:23.680370 application/rdf+xml 13687 2024-10-03T06:30:11.974211 image/jpeg 3845 2024-10-03T06:30:11.694187 image/jpeg 257326 2024-10-03T06:30:10.485227 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