Gwendoline by Agnes Giberne
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Gwendoline Halcombe, a young London artist and eldest of ten, as a chance seaside visit to Riversmouth entwines her with the stern local magnate, Lady Halcot, and the kindly lawyer, Mr. Selwyn. Amid Lady Halcot’s rigid control of the town and family estrangement from Gwendoline’s mother, an invitation is sent to dine; but before it can be kept, Gwendoline heroically dives from sea-washed rocks to save a drowning boy, is rescued herself, and unknowingly offends Lady Halcot by missing the engagement. Praised quietly by the doctor, Mr. Fosbrook, yet misunderstood by those who hear only of an “accidental wetting,” she returns to her crowded home, where loving parents and practical sister Ruth greet her—and she learns a crushing blow: her ailing father will lose his bank post, deepening the family’s financial peril. The section closes with Lady Halcot beginning to reconsider the girl after hearing the true story, and Gwendoline, pale and exhausted, arriving to consult Mr. Selwyn as hope and hardship collide. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Giberne, Agnes, 1845-1939 |
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| Illustrator | Finnemore, Joseph, 1860-1939 |
| Title | Gwendoline |
| Original Publication | London: The Religious Tract Society, 1905. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Christian life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Adoptees -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | England -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Young women -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Wills -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77349 |
| Release Date | Nov 27, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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