Irene Iddesleigh is an 1897 novel by Amanda McKittrick Ros, known for its ornate and idiosyncratic prose. It opens with Irene on a beach reflecting on sympathy, and it is worth listening to for its distinctive Victorian melodramatic style.
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IRENE IDDESLEIGH.
IRENE IDDESLEIGH.
BY
MRS. AMANDA M‘KITTRICK ROS.
Belfast PRINTED BY W. & G. BAIRD, Limited, 124 Royal Avenue; AND AT LONDON AND DUBLIN. 1897. CONTENTS. PAGE. Chapter I. 9 Chapter II. 13 Chapter III. 20 Chapter IV. 25 Chapter V. 32 Chapter VI. 40 Chapter VII. 49 Chapter VIII. 60 Chapter IX. 73 Chapter X. 79 Chapter XI. 92 Chapter XII. 102 Chapter XIII. 116 Chapter XIV. 126 Chapter XV. 138 Chapter XVI. 150 Chapter XVII. 163