Project Gutenberg 2009-09-27 Public domain in the USA. 195 Various Verschillende Various, Various Newnes, George 1851 1910 The Strand Magazine, Vol. 05, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Produced by Victorian/Edwardian Pictorial Magazines, Jonathan Ingram, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Strand Magazine, Vol. 05, Issue 26, February 1893" by Various is a periodical publication containing a diverse collection of stories and articles typical of late 19th century literary magazines. This particular issue showcases a mixture of fiction, illustrations, and essays aimed at entertaining and informing its readership of the time. The most prominent narrative within this issue seems to be "A Wedding Gift," which centers around themes of love, betrayal, and adventure as the protagonist grapples with the consequences of her choices regarding two competing suitors. The opening portion of "A Wedding Gift" introduces Minnie, a young woman caught in a tumultuous situation involving her childhood admirer, Kenneth Moore, and her newfound love, Phillip Rutley. After reluctantly promising her hand to Kenneth, she unexpectedly falls deeply for Phillip, who becomes injured after an accident with his hot air balloon. This accident leads to his presence at Minnie's home, where a forbidden love blossoms amidst the chaos. The tension escalates dramatically when Kenneth's obsession with Minnie leads to a wild confrontation in the skies, raising questions of love, loyalty, and survival as the story unfolds. The mix of emotional conflict and thrilling adventure sets the stage for a captivating tale. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories, English -- Periodicals English literature -- Periodicals AP Text The Strand Magazine Category: Romance Category: Adventure Category: Novels 358179 2025-08-12T10:34:05.745247 text/html 326819 2024-10-24T20:23:24 text/html 9697634 2025-08-12T10:34:16.529235 application/epub+zip 9701452 2025-08-12T10:34:10.320218 application/epub+zip 196159 2025-08-12T10:34:08.514284 application/epub+zip 9925547 2025-08-12T10:34:21.469699 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 9885510 2025-08-12T10:34:15.104184 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256561 2022-09-14T04:30:59.752464 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296295 2025-08-12T10:34:04.181254 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 276373 2024-10-24T20:23:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 296312 2021-01-05T17:37:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 296307 2021-01-05T17:37:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22062 2025-08-12T10:34:21.632665 application/rdf+xml 23112 2025-08-12T10:34:09.052207 image/jpeg 4874 2025-08-12T10:34:08.789214 image/jpeg 117071 2021-01-05T17:37:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 9647951 2021-01-05T17:37:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 117005 2021-01-05T17:37:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 9830468 2025-08-12T10:34:06.244303 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