Project Gutenberg 2022-08-19 Public domain in the USA. 140 Grant, James 1822 1887 The dead tryst $aUnited Kingdom :$bGeorge Routledge and Sons,$c1883. Al Haines "The Dead Tryst" by James Grant is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around family dynamics, love, and social expectations in a pre-war German context, focusing on the intertwined lives of the Countess Adelaide, her daughters Ernestine and Herminia, and their cousin Heinrich. At the core of the narrative lies a conflict born from a childhood betrothal that Herminia vehemently opposes, adding tension to her secret love for Ludwig, a young officer. The opening of the book introduces us to the setting: a summer evening in Cologne, where the three women are gathered, contemplating the impending visit of Heinrich and his English friend, Charlie Pierrepont. The Countess expresses her desire for Herminia to embrace her destiny, which involves accepting an arranged marriage to Heinrich. Herminia, however, resists the idea of an enforced union and secretly longs for Ludwig. Their dynamic sets the stage for the romantic entanglements that follow, leading to themes of resistance against societal norms and the pursuit of personal happiness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000118222169&view=1up&seq=5&skin=2021 20220803194242grant 1883 GB Reading ease score: 72.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Ghost stories Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 -- Fiction PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: German Literature 334305 2025-07-27T08:46:23.608426 text/html 315279 2024-10-19T00:06:31 text/html 275845 2025-07-27T08:46:28.275337 application/epub+zip 280249 2025-07-27T08:46:24.436370 application/epub+zip 198559 2025-07-27T08:46:24.016361 application/epub+zip 374887 2025-07-27T08:46:31.226356 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 361188 2025-07-27T08:46:27.937320 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 279190 2022-09-30T23:07:52.782701 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310425 2025-07-27T08:46:22.946379 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 290667 2024-10-19T00:06:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17283 2025-07-27T08:46:31.362355 application/rdf+xml 4879 2025-07-27T08:46:24.176369 image/jpeg 1322 2025-07-27T08:46:24.095378 image/jpeg 224785 2025-07-27T08:46:23.640368 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