Project Gutenberg 2005-09-08 Public domain in the USA. 210 Addison, Alvin Eveline Mandeville : $b or, The horse thief rival E-text prepared by the Library Electronic Text Resource Service of Indiana University (http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/) and by the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net/) "Eveline Mandeville: or, The Horse Thief Rival" by Alvin Addison is a novel believed to have been written in the early 19th century. The story revolves around Eveline Mandeville, a strong-willed young woman who finds herself caught in a conflict between her father's desire for her to marry the wealthy Willard Duffel and her own feelings for Charles Hadley, a man she truly loves but whom her father disapproves of. The narrative introduces themes of love, loyalty, deception, and familial authority as Eveline navigates her tumultuous relationships. The opening of this novel presents a heated conversation between Eveline and her father, Mr. Mandeville, about her refusal to accept Duffel's proposal despite his wealth and good prospects. Eveline expresses her concerns about Duffel's moral character, suggesting he is associated with a gang of horse thieves, which intensifies tensions in their relationship. As the conversation unfolds, various misunderstandings and accusations arise, such as her father's insinuation that she is conspiring against Duffel with Hadley. Her father's anger leads to unfavorable developments, particularly concerning Hadley's reputation, setting the stage for a web of lies and conspiracies that will impact all the characters involved. The discourse highlights Eveline's resolve to choose her own fate in love while unraveling the sinister motivations of others around her. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction PS Text Category: Romance Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: American Literature 434129 2025-10-07T08:08:18.008720 text/html 437356 2020-12-12T12:54:15 text/html 241077 2025-10-07T08:08:26.371665 application/epub+zip 246704 2025-10-07T08:08:21.144691 application/epub+zip 229132 2025-10-07T08:08:19.880676 application/epub+zip 477775 2025-10-07T08:08:30.392676 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451013 2025-10-07T08:08:25.519643 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426539 2022-09-08T06:53:26.731009 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412613 2025-10-07T08:08:17.185726 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 412255 2020-12-12T12:54:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18518 2025-10-07T08:08:30.517616 application/rdf+xml 16359 2025-10-07T08:08:20.373692 image/jpeg 3926 2025-10-07T08:08:20.126722 image/jpeg 161782 2020-12-12T12:54:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 156650 2020-12-12T12:54:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 241600 2025-10-07T08:08:18.044688 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog