Excerpt from The Master of Riverswood a Novel, Vol. 3 of 3 April was lovely throughout its whole course. It only rained during two days at the beginning of the month; but the rain brought out all the budding green upon the trees, so that in less than a week they were all clothed in green, and you could sit under the shade. Before many days were over the green was as rich and deep as in July; and the chestnuts and lilacs were in full bloom. There was that wonderful elasticity and lightness in the air which makes one feel a joy in life for itself when merely to live, to breathe, to be, is a gift and a luxury. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.

Excerpt from The Master of Riverswood a Novel, Vol. 3 of 3 The winter passed away. Christmas - with its wonderful "Weihnachtsabend" for the young Hoffners, when the "grand salon" was thrown open, when wax lights were shining everywhere, when madame was in silk and smiles (she possessed dresses, shawls, and jewels enough to have been a small fortune to a woman "going into society"), when monsieur was beaming, and the guests cheerful, and the beautiful illuminated fir-tree the centre of a wealth of presents - all this was a thing of the past. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.

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Excerpt from The Master of Riverswood, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel When a man marries a pretty, a graceful, and a sufficiently amiable woman, he is, as a rule, too much enamoured of her, for the first year or two, to find out whether he is really a disappointed man or not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.

Excerpt from The Master of Riverswood a Novel, Vol. 1 of 3 Here Mrs. Rudge's feelings and manifold recollections became too much for her, and dropping the spoon with which she had been stirring, as if it burnt her, she sat down on the nearest chair and covered her face With her hands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.