Project Gutenberg 2009-11-13 Public domain in the USA. 270 Magruder, Julia 1854 1907 00001139 A Manifest Destiny Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Manifest Destiny" by Julia Magruder is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Bettina Mowbray, a young woman who navigates her way through love, loss, and ambition as she seeks to cement her place in society after the death of her beloved mother. With her beauty as her primary asset, Bettina eyes a future with Horace Spotswood, the heir to a title in English aristocracy, but encounters obstacles in her pursuit of wealth and status. At the start of the novel, Bettina is aboard an ocean steamer bound for England, keenly aware of the admiration she garners from fellow passengers. As she mourns her mother's recent death, her focus begins to shift from grief to ambition, fully believing that marrying into the aristocracy could fill the void left in her heart. Upon arrival in London, Bettina meets Lord Hurdly, who challenges her plans and hints at a power dynamics that may alter her future. This revelation sets the stage for an exploration of her struggles between societal expectations, personal desires, and the concept of true love—ultimately leading her to ponder what sacrifices she's willing to make for the life she seeks. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/30464/30464-h/images/icover.jpg file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/30464/30464-h/images/icover.jpg Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: British Literature 326222 2025-06-12T13:28:36.034595 text/html 332276 2009-11-13T10:20:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 926001 2025-06-12T13:28:41.319583 application/epub+zip 929229 2025-06-12T13:28:36.917631 application/epub+zip 191351 2025-06-12T13:28:36.440595 application/epub+zip 1037640 2025-06-12T13:28:45.136598 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1002013 2025-06-12T13:28:40.833594 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265279 2022-09-14T06:25:51.386250 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290311 2023-09-13T10:22:11.429633 text/plain 15539 2025-06-12T13:28:45.294562 application/rdf+xml 22562 2025-06-12T13:28:36.548606 image/jpeg 3088 2025-06-12T13:28:36.494588 image/jpeg 772992 2025-06-12T13:28:36.086602 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