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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Daisy Brooks; Or, A Perilous Love" by Laura Jean Libbey. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Laura Jean Libbey's 'Mischievous Maid Faynie' stands as a captivating example of early 20th-century popular romance literature. This DigiCat special edition revives Libbey's work with a meticulous reproduction, offering modern readers a glimpse into the stylized narratives and character archetypes that saturated the period's literary landscape. The novel itself is a melodrama ripe with romance and intrigue, rendered in a prose style that both echoes and reinforces the social customs and gender roles of its time. The text captures a particular intersection of sentimentality and rebellion, where the whimsical escapades of Faynie, the titular maid, flirt with the boundaries of propriety and pre...
Recovers the careers of four US women serial writers, and establishes a new archive for American literary studies.
"You are surely jesting to ask my opinion as to whether any one of those young girls would accompany a stranger to a place of amusement. You certainly know, as well as I do, that they wouldn't entertain such a thought for an instant. And even suppose they did? Their parents would soon let you know what they thought on the subject. Like all sweet rosebuds, they are guarded by thorns. A very stern duenna usually accompanies them on their afternoon rambles, and woe to anything masculine who attempts to hold a few moments' conversation with any one of them. I confess I was surprised to find them alone to-day—very much surprised, I must say." "Fate interposed in my behalf," laughed Ainsley, non...
Reproduction of the original: A Dangerous Flirtation by Laura Jean Libbey
A beautiful coming of age and tale of romance by Laura Jean Libbey.
When Alan Monteith decides to help a friend in need by delivering a bottle of medicine to a sick woman, he never imagined being stranded in a blizzard. And he never imagined climbing a mountain on foot. But when his car breaks down in front of the Devereaux’s home, that’s just what he ends up doing. Daryl Devereaux was looking forward to a peaceful holiday until Alan Monteith arrives. As the young stranger and her brother trudge into the storm, Daryl is left to pray for their safe return, never realizing that night will change their lives forever.
Despite efforts of contemporary reformers to curb the availability of dime novels, series books, and paperbacks, Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes reveals how many readers used them as means of resistance and how fictional characters became models for self-empowerment. These literary genres, whose value has long been underestimated, provide fascinating insight into the formation of American popular culture and identity. Through these mass-produced, widely read books, Deadwood Dick, Old Sleuth, and Jessie James became popular heroes that fed the public’s imagination for the last western frontier, detective tales, and the myth of the outlaw. Women, particularly those who were poo...