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Helena's weakness and her errors serve to highlight the merits of her rival, and Ormond falls in love with Constantia. When Ormond cruelly and suddenly informs Helena of his new love and abandons her, Helena takes her own life.
Helena's weakness and her errors serve to highlight the merits of her rival, and Ormond falls in love with Constantia. When Ormond cruelly and suddenly informs Helena of his new love and abandons her, Helena takes her own life.
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In the privacy of the room they share in Constantia's house, Sophia warns her friend about Ormond. Constantia agrees to terminate the relationship and to accompany Sophia to England, but in her final interview with Ormond he acts ...
In the privacy of the room they share in Constantia's house, Sophia warns her friend about Ormond. Constantia agrees to terminate the relationship and to accompany Sophia to England, but in her final interview with Ormond he acts ...
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phia warns the reader that Constantia, like all people, is not "uninfluenced by sinister and selfish motives," for "sinister considerations flow in upon us through imperceptible channels and modify our thoughts in numberless ways, ...
phia warns the reader that Constantia, like all people, is not "uninfluenced by sinister and selfish motives," for "sinister considerations flow in upon us through imperceptible channels and modify our thoughts in numberless ways, ...
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis supplement, the latest addition to the well-known "American Writers'' series, includes 29 authors. All except Frederick Douglass, the 19th-century orator and writer, are 20th-century poets ... Read full review
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| Title | American writers: a collection of literary biographies. Jane Addams to Sidney Lanier |
| Editor | Leonard Unger |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's sons, 1979 |
| ISBN | 0684157977, 9780684157979 |
| Length | 373 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / American / General |
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