Project Gutenberg 2025-01-18 Public domain in the USA. 218 Clay, Bertha M. 1865 1922 Dey, Frederic Van Rensselaer Suffered in vain : $b or, A plaything of fate $aNew York :$bStreet & Smith, $c1926. New Bertha Clay Library, 300 Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.) "Suffered in Vain: or, A Plaything of Fate" by Bertha M. Clay is a novel likely written during the late 19th century. The story revolves around complex themes of love, fate, sacrifice, and societal expectations, focusing on characters whose lives intricately intertwine amidst dramatic revelations and emotional turmoil. The opening of the narrative introduces a tranquil and genteel setting in a summer twilight at Porchester Square. Central to the initial chapters are three main characters: the impoverished Leonardo Gilardoni, who once served as a valet, the enchanting and seemingly aloof Lucia Guiscardini, and Captain Paul Desfrayne, who is caught in a pivotal life situation tied to an unexpected inheritance. The plot sets in motion as Desfrayne learns of a will that not only names him as a trustee but intriguingly pairs him with the young heiress, Lois Turquand, highlighting layers of emotional conflict and the burdens of social expectations against the backdrop of tragic love and chance encounters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:677747#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-112%2C-602%2C2226%2C4058 20220331170122clay 1926 us Reading ease score: 70.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Inheritance and succession -- Fiction England -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Dime novels Popular literature PS Text Category: Novels 609085 2025-07-29T15:13:55.379717 text/html 583588 2025-01-18T09:31:29 text/html 507623 2025-07-29T15:14:06.805651 application/epub+zip 505408 2025-07-29T15:13:57.528692 application/epub+zip 474797 2025-07-29T15:13:56.362696 application/epub+zip 1354991 2025-07-29T15:14:12.473671 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1304588 2025-07-29T15:14:05.621735 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 527990 2025-07-29T15:13:53.125734 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 508132 2025-01-18T09:31:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16463 2025-07-29T15:14:12.630630 application/rdf+xml 32400 2025-07-29T15:13:56.638689 image/jpeg 4808 2025-07-29T15:13:56.500687 image/jpeg 1433252 2025-07-29T15:13:55.441724 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