The Story of Ivy is a 1927 novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes. It portrays the beautiful Ivy Lexton and the men around her, exploring ambition and desire in English society. This character study offers a window into a vanished world and the human heart.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
THE STORY OF IVY By MARIE BELLOC LOWNDES SOMERSET BOOKS, INC. NEW YORK [COPYRIGHT] COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY DOUBLEDAY, DORAN & COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES. Contents PǡLjƯLjƄǼŧ
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
EPILOGUE
Prologue
“TELL ME SOMETHING about the Lextons, Mary. Where did you pick them up?" asked Lady Flora Desmond of her hostess, Mrs. Hampton.
“As I looked at Mrs. Lexton during dinner, I thought I had never seen a prettier face. When I was a child, your little friend would have been what people then called a professional beauty."
“She certainly is very pretty, and a regular honey-pot! Look at her now, with Miles Rushworth?"
The speaker nodded towards the wide-open French window of the
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