Project Gutenberg 2024-10-24 Public domain in the USA. 137 Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. 1850 1937 Miller, Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller, Alexander McVeigh, Mrs. Point, Mittie Frances Clarke Miller, Mrs. Alex. McVeigh The minstrel's curse $aNew York :$bNorman L. Munro, $c1892. Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.) "The Minstrel’s Curse" by Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller is a romantic novel written in the late 19th century. The story delves into themes of love, fate, and tragedy as it recounts the lives of Lady Edith Chilton and her humble tutor, Guy Winthrop, against the backdrop of an ominous family curse. The plot intertwines elements of historical romance and folklore, focusing on the consequences of social status in romantic relationships. The narrative centers on Lady Edith, who is enamored with her tutor, Guy Winthrop, but struggles against the dire prophecy of the Minstrel’s Curse. This curse tragically binds the fates of the Chilton women, causing any maiden who falls for a man of low status to doom him to an untimely death. As the relationship develops, the pair faces mounting challenges, particularly after a masquerade ball leads to a duel that leaves Guy gravely wounded. With the revelations of lineage and a compelling marriage proposal amidst the shadow of impending death, the couple must confront the haunting legacy of the curse and their love's potential to break it. Ultimately, the story explores the transcendence of love over societal divides and the power of destiny. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Search/Results?lookfor=%22minstrel%27s+curse%22+-catholic&type=AllFields&sort=normalized_sort_date+asc 20240724175948miller 1892 US Reading ease score: 80.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Short stories Love stories Blessing and cursing -- Fiction PS Text 66872 2025-06-29T11:30:44.530064 text/html 42470 2024-10-24T20:32:14 text/html 433214 2025-06-29T11:30:47.325102 application/epub+zip 432163 2025-06-29T11:30:45.429074 application/epub+zip 432165 2025-06-29T11:30:44.913120 application/epub+zip 1310955 2025-06-29T11:30:48.816998 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1302371 2025-06-29T11:30:46.906066 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 55233 2025-06-29T11:30:44.349059 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 35380 2024-10-24T20:32:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16499 2025-06-29T11:30:48.940003 application/rdf+xml 28252 2025-06-29T11:30:45.085019 image/jpeg 3439 2025-06-29T11:30:44.998027 image/jpeg 1816002 2025-06-29T11:30:44.552035 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