Slighted Love (also At Her Heart's Expense) is a Victorian sentimental novel by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller. It follows young Italy Vale through family secrets, false accusations, and matters of the heart, as suggested by chapters such as 'A Mother's Confession' and 'Accused of Fraud.' Listen for its emotional period drama and sympathetic heroine.
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Opening of the book
SLIGHTED LOVE
OR
At Her Heart’s Expense
By MRS. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER
Author of “They Looked and Loved,” “When We Two Parted,” “All for
Love,” etc.
S AND S
NOVELS
Printed in the U. S. A.
STREET & SMITH PUBLICATIONS, Inc.
PUBLISHERS
79-89 Seventh Avenue, New York, N. Y.
SLIGHTED LOVE. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. A MOTHER’S CONFESSION. CHAPTER II. IN NEW SURROUNDINGS. CHAPTER III. ACCUSED OF FRAUD. CHAPTER IV. IN A SPIDER’S WEB. CHAPTER V. HER FATHER’S FRIEND. CHAPTER VI. EMMETT’S PLEA. CHAPTER VII. IN DEADLY PERIL. CHAPTER VIII. A MOTHER’S HATE. CHAPTER IX. ITALY VALE’S SONG. CHAPTER X. BORNE ON THE TIDE. CHAPTER XI. WITHOUT A HOME. CHAPTER XII. THE BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WIDOW. CHAPTER XIII. NAMING THE BABY. CHAPTER XIV. PERCY SEABRIGHT’S ADVICE. CHAPTER XV. THE LAWYER’S STORY. CHAPTER XVI. ITALY’S RESOLUTION. CHAPTER XVII. MRS. MURRAY’S ANGUISH. CHAPTER XVIII. A LOYAL HEART. CHAPTER XIX. FRANCIS MURRAY FOUND. CHAPTER XX. MR. GARDNER PROMISES HELP. CHAPTER XXI. FRANCIS MURRAY RECOVERS. CHAPTER XXII. MRS. VALE SHOCKS HER DAUGHTER. CHAPTER XXIII. A MEMORABLE SLEIGH-RIDE. CHAPTER XXIV. PROFESSOR DOEPKIN’S HEROISM. CHAPTER XXV. ITALY’S CLUE. CHAPTER XXVI. THE DESERTED BRIDE. CHAPTER XXVII. IN ITALY’S POWER. CHAPTER XXVIII. MRS. VALE IS VINDICATED. CHAPTER XXIX. LOVE TURNED TO HATE.
CHAPTER XXX. PERCY SEABRIGHT’S TRIAL. CHAPTER XXXI. THE WAGES OF SIN. CHAPTER XXXII. IN THE SUNSET’S GLOW.
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