Project Gutenberg 2013-01-27 Public domain in the USA. 323 Brame, Charlotte M. 1836 1884 Braeme, Charlotte Monica Clay, Bertha M. Brame, Charlotte Mary A Fair Mystery: The Story of a Coquette E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://archive.org/details/americana) "A Fair Mystery: The Story of a Coquette" by Charlotte M. Brame is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the lives of Mark and Patty Brace, who are struggling with financial difficulties while grappling with the arrival of a mysterious abandoned child they name Doris. As they attempt to reshape their lives around this beautiful girl, the narrative delves into themes of love, beauty, and social class. At the start of the book, we find Mark and Patty Brace on the brink of losing their farm due to financial ruin, compounded by Mark's ill-fated decision to act as a guarantor for a deceivingly charming man. On a stormy night, they discover a baby girl, Doris, left on their doorstep along with a letter promising monetary support for her upbringing. Mark and Patty’s stark emotions are juxtaposed against the innocence of their own daughter, Mattie, and the burden of raising Doris, who is described as extraordinarily beautiful and potentially of noble heritage. This opening sets the stage for conflicts between social class expectations and personal integrity as the characters navigate their fates. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41932/41932-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 81.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 997290 2025-09-17T05:15:56.906270 text/html 990634 2024-10-23T13:45:37 text/html 452249 2025-09-17T05:16:07.437250 application/epub+zip 467998 2025-09-17T05:15:58.068255 application/epub+zip 453908 2025-09-17T05:15:57.467287 application/epub+zip 802857 2025-09-17T05:16:15.384194 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 735001 2025-09-17T05:16:06.842244 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 710389 2022-09-19T07:45:55.571364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 955049 2025-09-17T05:15:53.343287 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 935041 2024-10-23T13:45:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16393 2025-09-17T05:16:15.525173 application/rdf+xml 18927 2025-09-17T05:15:57.578264 image/jpeg 2504 2025-09-17T05:15:57.523252 image/jpeg 435878 2025-09-17T05:15:56.987321 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