{"id":620,"date":"2017-05-29T20:07:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T00:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=620"},"modified":"2022-07-12T16:58:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T16:58:47","slug":"the-little-marplot-or-how-ruth-won-her-heritage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=620","title":{"rendered":"The Little Marplot; or, \u201cHow Ruth Won Her Heritage\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Little Marplot\u201d or, \u201cHow Ruth Won Her Heritage\u201d<br \/>\nchronicles the challenges faced by Ruth Reynolds and her nemesis Inez Gordon.<\/p>\n<p>Written by &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=200\">Mrs. Georgie Sheldon<\/a>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=200\">Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs<\/a> 1843\u20131926), it was published in 1895-1896 as a newspaper serial, and later in book form.<\/p>\n<p>Transcribed and edited by Jeffrey Merrow from the 1902 A. L. Burt print edition.<br \/>\n43 chapters, 317 pages, 107,000 words.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-474\" style=\"width: 188px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/funning.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Marplot300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-474\" src=\"http:\/\/funning.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Marplot300-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Little Marplot\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Little Marplot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B018NECZX4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Little Marplot for Kindle at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/2940157775407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Little Marplot epub for Nook at Barnes and Noble<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-US\/search\/?Query=1230000997799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Little Marplot epub at Kobo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CONTENTS.<br \/>\nChapter I. &#8211; A Lost Purse.<br \/>\nChapter II. &#8211; A Strange Legacy.<br \/>\nChapter III. &#8211; An Ardent Lover Wins His Point.<br \/>\nChapter IV. &#8211; Two Enraged Women.<br \/>\nChapter V. &#8211; After the Wedding.<br \/>\nChapter VI. &#8211; A Bride\u2019s Strange Experience.<br \/>\nChapter VII. &#8211; Only Half-Convinced.<br \/>\nChapter VIII. &#8211; A Serious Loss.<br \/>\nChapter IX. &#8211; In Confidence.<br \/>\nChapter X. &#8211; A Startling Apparition.<br \/>\nChapter XI. &#8211; A Serpent in Eden.<br \/>\nChapter XII. &#8211; Inconstancy.<br \/>\nChapter XIII. &#8211; The Scheming Woman\u2019s Triumph.<br \/>\nChapter XIV. &#8211; From Bad to Worse.<br \/>\nChapter XV. &#8211; When Love is Dead.<br \/>\nChapter XVI. &#8211; A Husband\u2019s Confession.<br \/>\nChapter XVII. &#8211; A Spy in the Camp.<br \/>\nChapter XVIII. &#8211; A Deadly Blow.<br \/>\nChapter XIX. &#8211; An Unlocked-for Defeat.<br \/>\nChapter XX. &#8211; \u201cThy Will Be Done.\u201d<br \/>\nChapter XXI. &#8211; Ruth Beards the Lion.<br \/>\nChapter XXII. &#8211; A Fortunate Experiment.<br \/>\nChapter XXIII. &#8211; An Infant For Sale.<br \/>\nChapter XXIV. &#8211; An Annoying Discovery.<br \/>\nChapter XXV. &#8211; A Ghost of the Past.<br \/>\nChapter XXVI. &#8211; At Bay.<br \/>\nChapter XXVII. &#8211; An Old Friend.<br \/>\nChapter XXVIII. &#8211; Life\u2019s Richest Blessing.<br \/>\nChapter XXIX. &#8211; An Unwelcome Visitor.<br \/>\nChapter XXX. &#8211; An Interesting Story.<br \/>\nChapter XXXI. &#8211; The Lost is Found.<br \/>\nChapter XXXII. &#8211; Diamond Cut Diamond.<br \/>\nChapter XXXIII. &#8211; Like the Knell of Doom.<br \/>\nChapter XXXIV. &#8211; Wasted Sympathy.<br \/>\nChapter XXXV. &#8211; A Heartless Woman\u2019s Plans.<br \/>\nChapter XXXVI. &#8211; \u2019Twixt Cup and Lip.<br \/>\nChapter XXXVII. &#8211; Beyond Forgiveness.<br \/>\nChapter XXXVIII. &#8211; A Midnight Encounter.<br \/>\nChapter XXXIX. &#8211; Alone in the World.<br \/>\nChapter XL. &#8211; Thwarted.<br \/>\nChapter XLI. &#8211; The Secret at Last.<br \/>\nChapter XLII. &#8211; The Rothwick Treasure-Vault.<br \/>\nChapter XLIII. &#8211; Reunited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Little Marplot\u201d or, \u201cHow Ruth Won Her Heritage\u201d chronicles the challenges faced by Ruth Reynolds and her nemesis Inez Gordon. Written by &#8220;Mrs. Georgie Sheldon&#8221; (Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs 1843\u20131926), it was published in 1895-1896 as a newspaper serial, and later in book form. 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