Her Fortune Her Misfortune: A Novel
May Elizabeth Baugh
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, May 16, 2017)
Excerpt from Her Fortune Her Misfortune: A NovelTime - Present. Scene - Bluepoint - that resort of millionaires to which it is as difficult for a poor man to gain admittance as it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.Marygold Dare, heiress, has just arrived at The Castle, her aunt, Mrs. Castleton's, summer residence at Bluepoint.Every August since she was left an orphan five years ago she has spent here, not from desire - did she con sult her desire she would never set foot within it - but from duty; and as duty is a mighty tedious thing (ex cept to saints, and Marygold is no saint!) August is the longest month in the calendar in her estimation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.