A complete issue · 82 pages · 1887
The Argosy, Vol. 43
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1887 — all 82 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 82 pages · 1887
Author: Mrs. Henry Wood (author of East Lynne) Setting: Rural parishes of Great Whitton and Little Whitton, approximately thirty miles from London, January 1887. Featured Content: The opening serial installment of Lady Grace, a novel of drawing-room drama and romantic entanglement. The narrative establishes multiple social strata and romantic tensions: Lady Grace Carmel, a haughty young noblewoman, and her mother the Countess of Avon; Edith Dane, the sweet-natured daughter of a deceased rector, living reduced circumstances; and the Reverend Ryle Baumgarten, an eloquent but ambitious young clergyman lodging at Whitton Cottage. Baumgarten harbors concealed romantic attachment to impoverished Edith but considers his two-hundred-pound living insufficient to marry. When Lady Grace invites him to tea, Edith's jealousy becomes apparent. Themes include class distinction, clerical duty, parish social responsibility, and constrained romantic affection.
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