Project Gutenberg 2024-12-20 Public domain in the USA. 194 Clay, Bertha M. 1865 1922 Dey, Frederic Van Rensselaer Margery Daw : $b A novel $aNew York :$bStreet & Smith, $c1919. New Bertha Clay library, 110 Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.) "Margery Daw" by Bertha M. Clay is a novel written in the early 20th century. It revolves around the themes of love, loss, and social class through the experiences of Margery, a young girl whose mother dies tragically in a railroad accident. Margery becomes a focal point for various characters as they navigate their compassion and social responsibilities towards her, revealing the complexities of human emotions in the context of love stories intertwined with action and moral dilemmas. At the start of the story, a train collision leaves a young mother dead, and her daughter Margery, who miraculously survives, is found and taken into the care of strangers. The opening describes a chaotic scene with doctors and bystanders attempting to assist the injured. Margery's fate becomes uncertain as her connection to the dead mother is revealed, and various characters express their concern for her well-being. A kind lady, Mrs. Graham, takes immediate responsibility for Margery, while others discuss the dead woman’s background, hinting at unresolved mysteries pertaining to Margery's origins and her mother’s past. The narrative establishes a poignant backdrop that sets the stage for Margery's journey, illustrating the contrasting lives of the characters surrounding her. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:705175#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-113%2C-641%2C2250%2C4101 20220331172132clay 1919 us Reading ease score: 80.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en England -- Fiction Foundlings -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Dime novels Popular literature PS Text Category: Novels 682935 2025-06-29T13:22:14.204566 text/html 657639 2024-12-20T20:10:09 text/html 471868 2025-06-29T13:22:25.436586 application/epub+zip 469415 2025-06-29T13:22:16.224584 application/epub+zip 438568 2025-06-29T13:22:15.132694 application/epub+zip 1195751 2025-06-29T13:22:31.221570 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1153678 2025-06-29T13:22:24.419499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 568584 2025-06-29T13:22:11.883577 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 548761 2024-12-20T20:10:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16686 2025-06-29T13:22:31.369963 application/rdf+xml 32260 2025-06-29T13:22:15.398563 image/jpeg 5114 2025-06-29T13:22:15.267560 image/jpeg 1256478 2025-06-29T13:22:14.261594 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