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Mrs. Fern (it was an assumed name) married happily, then was widowed and poor, forced by her brother to remarry for wealth -- he offered no other financial support --, divorced, became a wildly successful writer, and eventually had both love and money. These themes very, very often show up in her work, as do thinly-disguised versions of her family. Here is a sample.
EDITH MAY;
OR, THE MISTAKE OF A LIFETIME
A Lover's quarrel! A few hasty words, — a formal parting between two hearts, that neither time nor distance could ever disunite, — then, a lifetime of misery!
Edith May stood before me in her bridal dress. The world was to be made to believe she was happy and heartwhole. I knew better. I knew that no woman, who had once loved Gilbert Ainslie, could ever forget him,—least of all, such a heart as Edith's. She was pale as a snow-wreath, and bent her head gracefully as a water lily, in recognition of her numerous friends and admirers.
"What a sacrifice!" the latter murmured, between their set teeth!" What a sacrifice!" my heart echoed back.
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Most of her morality stories end with death or insanity. Especially prone to die are young beautiful ladies who (A) don't pay attention to God and (B) ignore their doctors' advice about what is hinted to be tuberculosis.
EDITH MAY;
OR, THE MISTAKE OF A LIFETIME
A Lover's quarrel! A few hasty words, — a formal parting between two hearts, that neither time nor distance could ever disunite, — then, a lifetime of misery!
Edith May stood before me in her bridal dress. The world was to be made to believe she was happy and heartwhole. I knew better. I knew that no woman, who had once loved Gilbert Ainslie, could ever forget him,—least of all, such a heart as Edith's. She was pale as a snow-wreath, and bent her head gracefully as a water lily, in recognition of her numerous friends and admirers.
"What a sacrifice!" the latter murmured, between their set teeth!" What a sacrifice!" my heart echoed back.
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Most of her morality stories end with death or insanity. Especially prone to die are young beautiful ladies who (A) don't pay attention to God and (B) ignore their doctors' advice about what is hinted to be tuberculosis.
