Project Gutenberg 2009-08-30 Public domain in the USA. 247 Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia) 1810 1886 Stephens, Ann Sophia Winterbotham Slick, Jonathan 08012409 The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals Produced by Roberta Staehlin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals" by Ann S. Stephens is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Hepworth Closs, a man with a troubled past who has spent years trying to redeem himself after a life-altering incident. As he returns to his sister and navigates his feelings for the young Lady Clara, the narrative unfolds themes of love, redemption, and social class. At the start of the novel, Hepworth Closs grapples with the weight of his past mistakes, which have caused him to shy away from rekindling connections with his family. Following a revelation about an old tragedy, he resolves to live with honor and acknowledges his love for Lady Clara, who sees him as a paternal figure. As their interactions deepen, Clara comes into her own consciousness of love and longing, complicating their familial bonds. Meanwhile, Hepworth’s sister, Rachael, faces her own struggles related to her marriage and desires for her brother's happiness, setting the stage for a rich tapestry of conflicting emotions and desires that propel the story forward. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels 530027 2025-06-12T10:37:32.441361 text/html 537950 2021-01-05T12:41:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 194764 2021-01-05T12:41:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 273924 2025-06-12T10:37:44.408302 application/epub+zip 281272 2025-06-12T10:37:36.321338 application/epub+zip 268681 2025-06-12T10:37:34.691333 application/epub+zip 551001 2025-06-12T10:37:50.329262 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 501668 2025-06-12T10:37:43.099278 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 471288 2022-09-13T18:07:00.729124 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 487129 2025-06-12T10:37:30.869362 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 486974 2021-01-05T12:41:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 184470 2021-01-05T12:41:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 486964 2021-01-05T12:41:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 184442 2021-01-05T12:41:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20281 2025-06-12T10:37:50.489236 application/rdf+xml 16295 2025-06-12T10:37:35.303312 image/jpeg 3890 2025-06-12T10:37:34.983307 image/jpeg 263819 2025-06-12T10:37:32.488359 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