Deland Margaret Wade Campbell
Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 - January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (today a part of Pittsburgh). In 1880 she married Lorin F. Deland. They took in and supported unmarried mothers; it was at this period she began to write. Her poetry collection The Old Garden was published in 1886. Deland received a Litt.D. from Bates College in 1920. She is known principally for the novel John Ward, Preacher (1888), and her 'Old Chester' books, based on her early memories of Maple Grove and Manchester, Pittsburgh communities where she grew up.
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The Way to Peace
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The Voice
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The Vehement Flame
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The Way to Peace
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The Voice
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The Vehement Flame
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John Ward, Preacher
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John Ward, Preacher is truly amazing novel written by Margaret Deland (1857-1945) who was a famous American author, a poet and a master of short stories. Among her works it is possible to find Florida Days, A Summer Day, Philip and His Wife, Sidney, Mr Tommy Dove, The Wisdom of Fools, The Awakening of Helena Richie, The Way to Peace, The Iron Woman, The Voice, Partners, The Hands of Esau, Around Old Chester, The Rising Tide, and The Vehement Flame. John Ward, Preacher is devoted to the problems of orthodox Christianity and the problems of relationship between men and women and the women's independence. The main character of the book is a calvinist minister, a true believer, while his wife Helen who is not so faithful. At certain point their relationship gets strained and grows into a real conflict. Her husband does not allow Helen even to leave the house. At the same time John gets very sick and Helen tries to help him but it does not help and he dies. So Helen is left alone and has to search for her own faith.
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The Iron Woman
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An Encore
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Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (1857-1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. In 1880 she married Lorin F. Deland. They took in and supported unmarried mothers; it was at this period she began to write. Her poetry collection The Old Garden was published in 1886. Deland received a Litt. D. from Bates College in 1920. She is known principally for the novel John Ward, Preacher (1888) and her 'Old Chester' books, based on her early memories of Maple Grove and Manchester, Pennsylvania. Her other works include Florida Days (1889), A Summer Day (1889), Philip and His Wife (1890), Sidney (1892), Mr. Tommy Dove (1893), The Wisdom of Fools (1897), The Awakening of Helena Richie (1906), The Way to Peace (1910), The Iron Woman (1911), The Voice (1912), Partners (1913), The Hands of Esau (1914), Around Old Chester (1915), The Rising Tide (1916), and The Vehement Flame (1922). --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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The Awakening of Helena Richie
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III WILLIAM KING reported the result of his call to Dr. Lavendar, and when he told the tragic story of the dead baby the old man blinked and shook his head. " Do you wonder she doesn't call herself Mrs. Frederick Richie?" William demanded. "I don't!" "No; that's natural, that's natural," Dr. Lavendar admitted. "I suppose it was a dreadful thing to say," said William, "but I just burst out and said that if ever there was an excuse for divorce, she had it!" "What did she say?" "Oh, of course, that she hadn't been divorced. I was ashamed of myself the next minute for speaking of such a thing." "Poor child," said Dr. Lavendar, "living up there alone, and with such memories! I guess you're right; I guess she'd like to have little David, if only for company. But I think I'll keep him for a week or two myself, and let her get sort of acquainted with him under my eye. That will give me a chance to get acquainted with her. But to think I haven't known about that baby until now! It must be my fault that she was not drawn to tell me. But I'm afraid I wasn't drawn to her just at first." Yet Dr. Lavendar was not altogether at fault. This newcomer in Old Chester was still a stranger to everybody, except to Sam Wright's Sam and to William King. To be sure, as soon as she was settled in her house Old Chester had called and asked her to tea, and was confused and annoyed because its invitations were not accepted. Furthermore, she did not return the calls. She went to church, but not very regularly, and she never stopped to gossip in the vestibule or the church-yard. Even with Dr. Lavendar she was remote. The first time he went to see her he asked, with his usual directness, one or two questions: Did Mr. Pryor live in Mercer? No; he had business that brought him t...
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