Project Gutenberg 2012-08-07 Public domain in the USA. 137 Stevens, Augusta de Grasse 1852 1894 Miss Hildreth: A Novel, Volume 2 Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Miss Hildreth: A Novel, Volume 2" by Augusta de Grasse Stevens is a novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative centers around a complex and tense scenario set in Petersburg, involving political intrigue, societal expectations, and the lives of its main characters, including Ivor Tolskoi, a young man embroiled in the machinations of the Tsar's secret police, who grapples with romantic feelings for Olga Naundorff while contending with the dangerous presence of the woman who may hold the key to a politically charged murder. At the start of the novel, readers are thrust into the vivid and oppressive atmosphere of Petersburg where the sun shines brightly, casting shadows over the grim realities of its autocratic regime. The opening introduces Ivor Tolskoi as he contemplates his feelings for Olga while navigating his duties in the Imperial Chancellerie. The tension escalates when Ivor encounters a woman he believes to be Adèle Lamien, linked to a murder that has implications for his superiors. The chapter sets the stage for ensuing conflicts—personal, political, and romantic—hinting at a web of deceit, unrequited love, and the looming threat of betrayal within the dark undercurrents of power and societal norms. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 294341 2025-06-16T12:29:00.449765 text/html 292694 2012-08-07T12:42:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 226227 2025-06-16T12:29:08.956704 application/epub+zip 229548 2025-06-16T12:29:04.237722 application/epub+zip 180661 2025-06-16T12:29:02.824744 application/epub+zip 424081 2025-06-16T12:29:12.486671 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406154 2025-06-16T12:29:08.019702 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304596 2022-09-18T13:38:11.138808 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278179 2023-09-17T14:14:10.314685 text/plain 15433 2025-06-16T12:29:12.638679 application/rdf+xml 16956 2025-06-16T12:29:03.389765 image/jpeg 3994 2025-06-16T12:29:03.104699 image/jpeg 223928 2025-06-16T12:29:00.480734 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