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A Fair Mystery

A Fair Mystery

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Number of Chapters: 86

Length: 19 hours and 11 minutes

Language: English

(Written by Charlotte M. Brame under the pen name Bertha M. Clay.)

Honest Mark Brace is about to lose his farm, land of his ancestors, home to his wife, Patty, and small daughter, Mattie, when out of a dark and stormy night comes the answer to his prayers. A tiny babe, tender and fair, left on their doorstep with a note asking Mark and Patty to bring the child up as their own, to raise it to be good, like themselves, and to accept for their troubles a hundred pounds a year.

The farm is saved, and all is peaceful for a while as the beautiful baby, Doris, grows into an even more beautiful child. But as she grows, so too grows her awareness of her own loveliness, of her difference from the humble farmers who raise her. Doris hungers for luxury, jewels and velvet, bright fetes and ardent admirers. Confident that her ethereal beauty and native wit will bring her everything she deserves, she focuses her energies on obtaining these things and sets in motion a chain of events that will break hearts, rip at the mystery surrounding her birth, and culminate in the greatest tragedy of them all.

A story of love in many forms, A Fair Mystery is part romance, part tragedy, and part social commentary, one which asks us to pause a moment and reflect on what it is that is truly worth having in this life. (Summary by Elanor Sakamoto)

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A Voice and a Face in the Night. (Lynne T)
A Fairy Changeling. (Lynne T)
A Daughter of Patricians. (Arie)
The Marble Psyche. (Arie)
'I want to be just like you.' (Lynne T)
Faithless and Debonair. (Lynne T)
All, All is Vanity. (Gabriela Cowan)
The Young Coquette. (Gabriela Cowan)
Poet and Gentleman. (Elanor Sakamoto)
A Wasted Warning. (Elanor Sakamoto)
The Foster-Sisters. (Elanor Sakamoto)
Beauty Becomes Immortal. (Sandra Estenson)
'Faithless and debonair.' (Sandra Estenson)
'I will be true--forever.' (Sandra Estenson)
A Betrothal Day. (Sandra Estenson)
A Shining Memory. (Sandra Estenson)
A Woman Averse to Marriage. (Sandra Estenson)
A Prospective Pleasure for Doris. (Sandra Estenson)
'They tell me, child, that you are really promised in marriage.' (Sandra Estenson)
Her Eyes Invited Him. (Sandra Estenson)
'I shall never be a model woman.' (SamR)
The Coquette and the Man of the World. (SamR)
An Impassioned Wooing. (SamR)
The False Lips of Woman. (SamR)
The Last Happy Day of His Life. (SamR)
How She was Tempted. (Petra)
A Woman Resolved. (Petra)
The Flight at Midnight. (Lynne T)
A Thorn in the Garden of Roses. (SamR)
'I could sooner plunge a dagger in his heart.' (SamR)
'I am a man, and I will have justice.' (SamR)
There is no True Love Except the Love of a Mother. (SamR)
'After so many years of dread has it come at last?' (SamR)
'I must tell you my secret.' (SamR)
Lady Estelle's Story. (SamR)
'He made me believe that I was the whole world to him!' (SamR)
The Punishment of Folly. (SamR)
A Mother's Confession. (SamR)
A Clew at Last. (SamR)
'I claim you as my own; I will never release you!' (SamR)
'This is your revenge--to humiliate me.' (Marsha Payne)
The Coquette's Blandishments. (Marsha Payne)
The Nobleman's Oath. (Marsha Payne)
An Appeal for Forgiveness. (Marsha Payne)
A Thunderbolt in a Ducal Palace. (Marsha Payne)
The Duke's Plan. (Marsha Payne)
An Important Letter. (Marsha Payne)
'Welcome, my daughter, to your father's heart.' (Marsha Payne)
'Only one other person knows my secret.' (Marsha Payne)
A Nobleman's Generosity. (Marsha Payne)
'Be kind to her, as though you were her own child.' (Marsha Payne)
A Young Lady Pleasantly Occupied. (Marsha Payne)
'I must bear it for his sake.' (Marsha Payne)
'My queen rose of the rosebuds.' (Gabriela Cowan)
'When she was young, perhaps she loved some one like me.' (Gabriela Cowan)
The Yearnings of a Mother's Heart. (Gabriela Cowan)
Before the Queen. (Gabriela Cowan)
The New Beauty Discussed. (Gabriela Cowan)
Doris Affects a Little Curiosity. (Gabriela Cowan)
'I might have been so happy, but for this!' (Gabriela Cowan)
'I have seen some one like her.' (Gabriela Cowan)
Lord Vivianne Perplexed. (Gabriela Cowan)
A Terrible Trial. (Gabriela Cowan)
'If she refuses, let her beware!' (Gabriela Cowan)
A Little Artifice. (Gabriela Cowan)
A Quiet Wedding Advocated. (Gabriela Cowan)
A Clew at Last. (Gabriela Cowan)
Lord Vivianne Proposes a Little Discussion. (Gabriela Cowan)
The Price of a Secret. (Gabriela Cowan)
The Coward's Threat. (Gabriela Cowan)
The Earl Reluctantly Assents. (Gabriela Cowan)
The Countess Becomes Curious. (Gabriela Cowan)
A Last Vain Appeal. (Gabriela Cowan)
'Heaven save Earle!' (Gabriela Cowan)
'I shall wake up and find it a dream.' (Gabriela Cowan)
Trying on the Wedding-Dress. (Gabriela Cowan)
A Midnight Visitor. (Gabriela Cowan)
Why He Suspected. (Gabriela Cowan)
What Happened After Midnight. (Gabriela Cowan)
The Silent Bride. (Mike Pelton)
How the News was Told. (Mike Pelton)
The Captain Asks Strange Questions. (Mike Pelton)
A Mother's Anguish. (Mike Pelton)
A Surprise for Lord Linleigh. (Mike Pelton)
Haunted by a Dead Face. (Mike Pelton)
Silent Love Rewarded. (Mike Pelton)
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