{"id":1160,"date":"2019-03-03T21:48:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T02:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=1160"},"modified":"2022-07-12T17:12:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T17:12:40","slug":"fair-play-or-the-test-of-the-lone-isle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=1160","title":{"rendered":"Fair Play; or, The Test of the Lone Isle."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Upon graduation from Bellemont College, four fast friends, the four \u201cBelles of Bellemont\u201d agree to maintain communications with each other. Britomarte Conyers, the \u201cman-hater,\u201d decides to remove herself from society by joining a missionary party to remote India.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Written by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth<\/a> (1819\u20131899). Transcribed from the 1868 T. B. Peterson edition. 52 Chapters, 643 pages, 199,000 words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fair Play for Kindle at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Chapters:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I. – The Four Belles of Bellemont.
II. – The Man-Hater\u2019s Lover.
III. – A Mysterious Letter.
IV. – The Witch of Witch Elms.
V. – The Rainbows.
VI. – Britomarte\u2019s Fate.
VII. – Woman\u2019s Love and Woman\u2019s Rights.
VIII. – Britomarte\u2019s Plan.
IX. – Britomarte Embarks.
X. – Life on the Ship.
XI. – A Stunning Encounter\u2014A Lover\u2019s Persistence.
XII. – A Lover\u2019s Boundless Faith and Hope.
XIII. – Misadventure of the Man-Hater.
XIV. – Porto Praya.
XV. – Once More Upon the Waters.
XVI. – The Gale.
XVII. – A Villa in Cape Colony.
XVIII. – The Hurricane.
XIX. – The Rocks.
XX. – Lady Robinson Crusoe.
XXI. – Left to His Fate.
XXII. – On the Island.
XXIII. – A Meeting by Moonlight.
XXIV. – Making the Best of it.
XXV. – Saving the Stores.
XXVI. – Mystery.
XXVII. – Erminie\u2019s Trials.
XXVIII. – Another Love Chase.
XXIX. – Success in the Chase.
XXX. – Elfrida\u2019s Arrival.
XXXI. – Another Trial for Elfie.
XXXII. – Erminie\u2019s Great Sorrow.
XXXIII. – On the Desert Island.
XXXIV. – Resignation.
XXXV. – A Strange Sail.
XXXVI. – The Captain of the Sea Scourge.
XXXVII. – At Bay.
XXXVIII. – The Caged Tiger.
XXXIX. – Britomarte\u2019s New House.
XL. – The Old Familiar Flag.
XLI. – The Guests.
XLII. – The Pirate Speaks for Himself.
XLIII. – Leaving the Island.
XLIV. – The Cruise.
XLV. – The Chase.
XLVI. – The Flight.
XLVII. – Victory.
XLVIII. – Expiation.
XLIX. – A Ghost Appears to Judith.
L. – Homeward.
LI. – Native Land.
LII. – Home Again.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Upon graduation from Bellemont College, four fast friends, the four \u201cBelles of Bellemont\u201d agree to maintain communications with each other. Britomarte Conyers, the \u201cman-hater,\u201d decides to remove herself from society by joining a missionary party to remote India. Written by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (1819\u20131899). Transcribed from the 1868 T. B. Peterson edition. 52 … Continue reading Fair Play; or, The Test of the Lone Isle.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1160","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1692,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1160\/revisions\/1692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}