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Nine Years Since
A mother tells a story about her friend to help revise her daughters’ conception of the label “old maid.”
New-Year's Day
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A young man borrows money from his intended fiance's father and, after the stock market collapses, is estranged from her and family. Unbeknownst to the other, he works to repay her father, and she remains true to her love for him.
New Year's Day
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A young woman is rewarded for her filial obedience with the love and respect of her family and community, and the hand of the young she loves.
Modern Chivalry
A young American sailor rescues a mysterious young female English runaway, and goes on to become a heroic naval captain in the Revolutionary War, and a later a prosperous merchant.
Matty Gore
A young woman's Christian faith sustains her through life's trials, while her father's and brother's lack of faith and duty lead to unhappiness and tragedy.
Mary Dyre
An account of the persecution and execution of New England Quaker Mary Dyre by the Pilgrims in the 1660s.
Marietza
A Greek/Chian girl witnesses the destruction of her home/island as a consequence of the 1822 uprising against Turkish domination, and subsequently marries her English protector.
Look Before You Leap
A mother tells her daughters the story of a young woman who decided to marry an older man of whom she was fond but not passionately in love.
Life is Sweet
The narrator reflects on the vicissitudes of life and moralizes about the benefits of suffering and giving to others.
Imelda of Bologna
In the Italian city of Bologna, a tragedy unites Imelda with her family’s enemy, the lord Boniface. The two fall in love, but are plotted against by Imelda’s brothers. While Imelda and Boniface plan their escape from danger, Imelda’s brothers plan…