A Mere Chance, Vol. 1
ISBN: 978-13-304-4665-2
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Liczba stron: 312
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydanie: 2019 r.
Język: angielski
Dostępność: aktualnie niedostępny
Excerpt from A Mere Chance, Vol. 1: A Novel<br><br>Hardy had introduced her as her niece - everyone knew that - but there were sceptics who, having never heard of female relatives previously (except the three daughters, who had married so well), declared that she might be any body, picked up merely for matchmaking purposes - it being well understood that Mrs. Hardy had for an unknown period sustained life, figuratively speaking, upon the stimulus of matrimonial intrigues, and had now no more daughters to pro vide for.<br><br>That this pretty creature had been unseen and unsuspected until the last Miss Hardy, as Mrs. Buxton, was fairly away on her honeymoon, and almost immediately after had been introduced to society as Mrs. Buxton's successor.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.