Italy -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction; Man-woman relationships -- Fiction; Rich people -- Fiction
Baroness Orczy needs no introduction to lovers of good fiction. The
scene of her new story is Hungary--the hero a handsome young peasant
who, having inherited a fortune from his thrifty father, is enabled
to save a Hungarian nobleman from losing all his lands, and in return
receives the hand of the lord’s daughter whom he has long worshipped
from afar. Immediately after the wedding the peasant bridegroom
discovers that his wife despises him and has merely allowed herself to
be sold as payment of her father’s debt. How he tries to overcome this
feeling and what effect his generous and big-hearted nature finally has
upon her must be left for the reader to find out for himself. Like _The
Scarlet Pimpernel_, the present story is of intense dramatic interest
and shows great emotional strength.
_Crown 8vo. $1.50_
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
New York London
* * * * *
“_Signor Fogazzaro is at the present moment undoubtedly the greatest
of Italian novelists. His nobility of feeling, his wide sympathy, his
kindliness and breezy humor entitle him to a high place among writers
of fiction._”
Villari’s “Italian Life in Town and Country.”
The Saint
(IL SANTO)
By ANTONIO FOGAZZARO
While _The Saint_ concerns itself with the present-day religious
questions and political problems of Italy, the author has not allowed
the purpose of his story to overweigh and impair its dramatic quality.
The story is most interesting as a description of Italian life both
high and low. It is being read by thousands in Italy who care little or
nothing about the religious problem and who find themselves literally
entranced by its strong human interest.
_Authorized Translation by M. Agnetti Pritchard
With an Introduction by William Roscoe Thayer
Crown 8vo. $1.50_
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
New York London
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“A romance to stir the pulse.”--_N. Y. Telegram._
No. 101
By
Wymond Carey
Author of “Monsieur Martin,” etc.
A stirring story of adventure during the war of the Austrian
Succession. =No. 101= was the cipher used as a signature by a daring
spy through whose agency the English were supplied with exact and
unerring information concerning the French plans.
“It abounds in strong incident and sharp and abundant anfractuosities
of plot. If the reader does not like it he is a realist and we pity
him.”--_N. Y. Sun._
“We speak enthusiastically of this romance. It possesses
originality--very great originality--in plot and character drawing.
The women are so well drawn that the reader will fall in love with
them--Yvonne of the Spotless Ankles in particular.”--_Baltimore Sun._
“An exciting story, full of action, mystery, love, and passion, and
the glitter of a fascinating court.”
_Chicago Inter-Ocean._
Illustrated by Wal Paget. Crown octavo, $1.50
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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