Project Gutenberg 2008-08-11 Public domain in the USA. 275 Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte 1819 1899 Nevitt, Dorothy Emma Eliza Southworth, E. D. E. N. Southworth, Emma D. E. N. Southworth, Mrs. E. D. E. N. Her mother's secret Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Her Mother's Secret" by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around personal and familial conflicts, particularly focusing on Odalite Force, the protagonist who is torn between her childhood love Leonidas and the pressures exerted by her mother to consider marriage with the older Colonel Angus Anglesea. The novel delves into themes of love, duty, and the sacrifices made for family honor. The opening of the novel introduces us to Odalite as she pleads with her mother, Elfrida Force, not to force her to break off her connection with Leonidas, her childhood friend and love. Elfrida insists that Odalite must embrace her destiny, which may not involve Leonidas, as she tries to prepare her for a more advantageous marital union. As the conversation unfolds, it becomes clear that Odalite is unaware of a deeper family secret that compels her mother to manipulate her daughter’s affections and future. Colonel Anglesea, who has a questionable past, emerges as a suitor, ultimately creating tension between Odalite's desires and her family's expectations. This clash sets the stage for the dramatic struggles Odalite will face between adherence to family honor and her own heart's yearnings. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: American Literature 626374 2025-06-11T04:39:43.796409 text/html 652887 2021-01-03T22:57:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 243625 2021-01-03T22:57:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 322480 2025-06-11T04:39:55.720904 application/epub+zip 333753 2025-06-11T04:39:47.253389 application/epub+zip 313693 2025-06-11T04:39:45.749439 application/epub+zip 601603 2025-06-11T04:40:02.274834 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 540470 2025-06-11T04:39:54.607895 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 499813 2022-09-12T08:41:01.129361 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 562873 2025-06-11T04:39:41.805424 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 562653 2021-01-03T22:57:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 212307 2021-01-03T22:57:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 562644 2021-01-03T22:57:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 212267 2021-01-03T22:57:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20436 2025-06-11T04:40:02.433821 application/rdf+xml 12963 2025-06-11T04:39:46.319427 image/jpeg 3209 2025-06-11T04:39:46.031420 image/jpeg 309068 2025-06-11T04:39:43.855479 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