Project Gutenberg 2006-03-30 Public domain in the USA. 266 Dougall, L. (Lily) 1858 1923 Dougall, Lily A Dozen Ways Of Love Young love -- A marriage made in heaven -- Thrift -- A taint in the blood -- 'Hath not a Jew eyes?' -- A commercial traveller -- The syndicate baby -- Witchcraft -- The girl who believed in the saints -- The pauper's golden day -- The soul of a man -- A freak of Cupid. E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "A Dozen Ways Of Love" by L. Dougall is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The book explores varying themes of love, including young love, marital connections, and societal relationships, likely reflecting the complex emotions intertwined with these experiences. Each chapter appears to delve into different aspects of love, with characters experiencing both joy and sorrow in their journeys. The opening of the first story, "Young Love," introduces a maid-servant approaching the residence of Mistress Macdonald on a dark November evening. Through her interactions with a local shopkeeper, we learn about Mistress Macdonald's deteriorating health and her family's struggles to cope with her decline. The narrative shifts between the maid's cheerful demeanor and the somber atmosphere surrounding the ailing matriarch, highlighting a contrast between youthful hope and lingering despair. As the characters grapple with memory, love, and loss, this opening sets the stage for reflections on the significance and complexities of love in different life stages. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction Short stories PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Romance 512595 2025-08-07T14:11:40.033245 text/html 522067 2006-03-30T16:21:40 text/html 280209 2025-08-07T14:11:49.005197 application/epub+zip 282903 2025-08-07T14:11:43.107217 application/epub+zip 277279 2025-08-07T14:11:41.824204 application/epub+zip 497667 2025-08-07T14:11:53.421147 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 455385 2025-08-07T14:11:48.076171 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429848 2022-09-08T14:35:10.162980 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 473131 2025-08-07T14:11:39.087220 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 472849 2006-03-30T15:53:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 472878 2006-03-30T15:53:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20451 2025-08-07T14:11:53.554168 application/rdf+xml 14294 2025-08-07T14:11:42.322221 image/jpeg 3612 2025-08-07T14:11:42.073203 image/jpeg 181505 2006-03-30T15:53:09 application/octet-stream application/zip 191287 2006-03-30T16:22:25 application/octet-stream application/zip 181488 2006-03-30T15:53:09 application/octet-stream application/zip 261482 2025-08-07T14:11:40.075258 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