{"id":1406,"date":"2020-07-05T07:40:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T11:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=1406"},"modified":"2022-07-12T12:33:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T12:33:58","slug":"the-beautiful-coquette","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=1406","title":{"rendered":"The Beautiful Coquette"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1407\" style=\"width: 188px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/funning.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BeautifulCoquette300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1407\" src=\"http:\/\/funning.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BeautifulCoquette300-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Beautiful Coquette\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Beautiful Coquette<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The curse on the daughters of their house hangs over the twin orphaned sisters Margaret and Aurelia Lancaster.<\/p>\n<p>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=1112\">Laura Jean Libbey<\/a> (1862\u20131925) and copyright 1892 by Norman L. Munro. 53 chapters, 90,800 words.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08CBTQ6ZW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Beautiful Coquette for Kindle at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I. The Lovers.<\/li>\n<li>II. In a Thoughtless Moment the Vow was Wrung From Her Lips.<\/li>\n<li>III. \u201cIf I Never Love, I Shall Never Marry!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>IV. \u201cWill His Love Prove True\u2014or False?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>V. A Mutual Attraction at First Sight.<\/li>\n<li>VI. The Heart of Man.<\/li>\n<li>VII. \u201cOh, Constancy, Thou Art a Jewel.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>VIII. \u201cTake My Answer With You Through Life.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>IX. Fair of Face, and False of Heart.<\/li>\n<li>X. \u201cLife Would Not Be Worth Living\u2014Without Your Love!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XI. Whatever is To Be, Will Be.<\/li>\n<li>XII. \u201cI Wish You Loved Me Less.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XIII. \u201cI Could Not Say Good-bye To You Before Strangers!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XIV. A Chance Acquaintance.<\/li>\n<li>XV. \u201cOh, it is Dreary\u2014I am Aweary of Riding Alone.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XVI. \u201cNever Tell That We Have Met Before.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XVII. \u201cOh, Constancy in Love, Thou Art Indeed a Jewel!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XVIII. \u201cDoes She Love Me\u2014or Hate Me?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XIX. \u201cI See Thy Face in Every Dream\u2014My Waking Thoughts are Full of Thee.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XX. \u201cI am Thinking of You Every Day!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XXI. \u201cAm I First in Your Heart?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XXII. One Man of Honor.<\/li>\n<li>XXIII. All for a Woman\u2019s Love.<\/li>\n<li>XXIV. Sweet, Fair Margaret.<\/li>\n<li>XXV. Her Pitiful Love-story.<\/li>\n<li>XXVI. \u201cGerald Romaine\u2019s Promised Wife is Nothing to Me.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XXVII. \u201cIt was Only a Flirtation.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XVIII. Back from the Portals of the Tomb.<\/li>\n<li>XXIX. Back from the Portals of the Tomb.<\/li>\n<li>XXX. A Noble Lover.<\/li>\n<li>XXXI. Great Changes That Alter Two Destinies.<\/li>\n<li>XXXII. Should May Wed with December?<\/li>\n<li>XXXIII. Facing the Cruel World.<\/li>\n<li>XXXIV. An Unexpected Intelligence.<\/li>\n<li>XXXV. \u201cI am Going to Live like a Grand Lady.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XXXVI. Margaret\u2019s Sad Experience.<\/li>\n<li>XXXVII. In Central Park.<\/li>\n<li>XXXVIII. Gerald Romaine\u2019s Return.<\/li>\n<li>XXXIX. \u201cI Will Never Forgive Him for Those Words.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XL. The Heiress of Lancaster.<\/li>\n<li>XLI. The Lion of the Hour.<\/li>\n<li>XLII. \u201cI Did Not Think You Would Care What Became of Me.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XLIII. What if He Were to Marry Margaret?<\/li>\n<li>XLIV. Margaret Loved Him for Himself\u2014Not his Wealth.<\/li>\n<li>XLV. Pledged to Each Other.<\/li>\n<li>XLVI. \u201cYour Answer Holds Life or Death for Me.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XLVII. The Story of a Blighted Life.<\/li>\n<li>XLVIII. A Memory of the Past.<\/li>\n<li>XLIX. \u201cGod Help Me\u2014I Cannot Trust You.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>L. No One Should Look Upon Her Face Again.<\/li>\n<li>LI. Driven to Bay.<\/li>\n<li>LII. \u201cKeep Her and Margaret the Whole Wide World Apart.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>LIII. Conclusion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The curse on the daughters of their house hangs over the twin orphaned sisters Margaret and Aurelia Lancaster. Written by Laura Jean Libbey (1862\u20131925) and copyright 1892 by Norman L. Munro. 53 chapters, 90,800 words. The Beautiful Coquette for Kindle at Amazon Chapters: I. The Lovers. II. 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