Project Gutenberg 2006-02-03 Public domain in the USA. 414 Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander) 1814 1881 Durivage, F. A. (Francis Alexander) Old 'un The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales The goldsmith's daughter -- Philetus Potts -- The gondolier -- The surrender of Cornwallis -- The three brides -- California speculation -- The French guardsman -- Personal satisfaction -- The castle on the Rhine -- Love in a cottage -- The career of an artist -- Souvenirs of a retired oysterman in ill health -- The New Year's stockings -- The obliging young man -- Eulalie Lasalle -- The old city pump -- The two portraits -- Uncle Obed -- The casket of jewels -- Acting charades -- The green chamber -- He wasn't a horse jockey -- Funeral shadows -- The late Elias Muggs -- The soldier's wife -- A kiss on demand -- The rifle shot -- The water cure -- The Cossack -- Married for money -- The emigrant ship -- The last of the stage coaches -- The sexton of St. Hubert's -- Jack Withers -- The silver hammer -- The Christ Church chimes -- The Polish slave -- Obeying orders -- The deacon's horse -- The contrabandista -- The stage-struck gentleman -- The diamond star -- The game of chance -- The soldier's son -- Taking charge of a lady -- The New Year's bells -- The old year and the new. Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales" by Francis A. Durivage is a collection of short stories likely written in the mid-19th century. This anthology features diverse narratives filled with themes of love, tragedy, and moral lessons, exemplified through distinct characters facing a variety of life’s dilemmas. The stories offer readers an engaging exploration of human emotions and relationships during a time when societal norms were rapidly changing. The opening portion introduces us to the setting and the narrative style of Durivage's work. The narrative unfolds with a traveling character who, faced with adverse weather and a bothersome journey, seeks refuge at a lonely inn in New Hampshire. Here, he encounters an assortment of less-than-pleasant characters and the eerie ambiance of the inn and its surroundings, including the graveyard nearby. This evokes not only an atmosphere conducive to storytelling but also foreshadows the intertwining of life, death, and human experience that the author presents in his tales. The stage is set for deeper themes to emerge, involving the relationships and lives of the characters that reside within or interact with the inn's environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories 701583 2025-06-07T13:44:42.285932 text/html 714310 2006-02-03T16:34:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 271507 2006-02-03T16:34:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 378018 2025-06-07T13:44:56.698379 application/epub+zip 383441 2025-06-07T13:44:47.029404 application/epub+zip 360466 2025-06-07T13:44:44.961424 application/epub+zip 718506 2025-06-07T13:45:03.785382 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 650891 2025-06-07T13:44:55.135415 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 613861 2022-09-08T12:21:23.922467 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 643426 2025-06-07T13:44:40.382977 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 643306 2006-02-03T16:34:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 257329 2006-02-03T16:34:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 643302 2006-02-03T16:34:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 257238 2006-02-03T16:34:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21485 2025-06-07T13:45:03.949322 application/rdf+xml 19546 2025-06-07T13:44:45.726419 image/jpeg 4456 2025-06-07T13:44:45.420460 image/jpeg 353272 2025-06-07T13:44:42.345981 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 en.wikipedia