 |
Free US/UK Kindle
Classic
|
Dora Thorne is a novel published about 1870 by
the English romance writer Charlotte M. Brame, also known in America as Bertha
M. Clay. (US Edition) (UK Edition)
From
the beginning of the novel:
"We
know what it means," he said, "when boys of nineteen talk about love.
Believe me, Ronald, if I were to consent to your request, you would be the
first in after years to reproach me for weak compliance with your youthful
folly."
"You
would not call it folly," retorted Ronald, his face flushing hotly,
"if Dora were an heiress, or the daughter of some—"
"Spare
me a long discourse," again interrupted Lord Earle. "You are quite
right; if the young girl in question belonged to your own station, or even if
she were near it, that would be quite a different matter. I am not annoyed that
you have, as you think, fallen in love, or that you wish to marry, although you
are young. I am annoyed that you should dream of wishing to marry a simple
rustic, the daughter of my lodge keeper. It is so supremely ridiculous that I
can hardly treat the matter seriously."
Brame
(also Breame) may have been a romance writer, but she did not have a romantic
life. Her husband was a drunk. Her popular books were pirated in the US, so
she didn't make a lot of money. After
she died at 48 in 1884, owing debts, her children went into guardianship. Not a happy life - so she probably put what she wanted into her books .
This blog is a guide to the best free and inexpensive
classic literature for the US & UK Kindle. If you enjoy my suggestions,
please tell your friends who read to give my blog a try.
-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~
For a nominal fee of 99 cents/pence, you can subscribe
to this blog and have it automatically download on your Kindle. This
gives you the convenience of being able to download the books directly to your
Kindle, instead of downloading them to your computer and then transferring them
to your Kindle. It also helps support my blog.
UK
readers may go to this
Amazon link to subscribe. (Slightly more than half my readers are
from the UK)
US
readers may go to this Amazon
link
Thank
to all my readers, whether you subscribe on your Kindle or whether you read it
online. I love to get good reviews! Who wouldn't? Should you
care to leave a review, follow these links for UK
readers or US
readers
. .
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.