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Beadle's Dime Novels No. 23

1861 · Free to read

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About this issue

This dime novel by Clara Augusta features a domestic melodrama centered on wealthy young Winifred Atherton of Boston, a headstrong fifteen-year-old heiress who impulsively bails out Gerard Middleton, a handsome clerk accused of forgery in a police court. Despite her father's objections, she pressures him into hiring Middleton as an assistant correspondent in his hardware business. The narrative traces Middleton's difficult past: orphaned as a boy, he survived the workhouse and apprenticeship through intelligence and hard work. His only friend is Ruth Mowbray, a fair-haired English orphan he met in the poorhouse, now employed at a millinery shop. When Middleton is invited to Atherton Hall, Winifred begins assessing his character and qualifications, suggesting the story will explore questions of social class, moral judgment, and romantic entanglement amid accusations of crime.

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