{"id":831,"date":"2018-06-30T21:18:23","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T01:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=831"},"modified":"2022-07-12T15:52:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T15:52:57","slug":"heir-of-charlton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=831","title":{"rendered":"The Heir of Charlton, by May Agnes Fleming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the urgent insistence of his relatives Mr. Richard Ffrench, the step-son of the Honorable Robert Charlton of Charleton Place, agrees and marries a young girl in order to avoid any possible hint at impropriety.<\/p>\n<p>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=824\">May Agnes Fleming<\/a> (1840-1880); 38 chapters; 396 pages; 127,000 words.<\/p>\n<p>Transcribed and edited by Jeffrey Merrow from the 1878 Carleton edition.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_825\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-825\" style=\"width: 188px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/funning.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HeirCharlton300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-825\" src=\"http:\/\/funning.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HeirCharlton300-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"Heir of Charlton\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heir of Charlton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07DLCHMJM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Heir of Charlton for Kindle at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/2940162130079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Heir of Charlton epub for Nook at Barnes and Noble<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-US\/search\/?Query=1230002361161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Heir of Charlton epub at Kobo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n[ PART FIRST. ]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I.\u2014Shaddeck Light;<\/li>\n<li>II.\u2014Charlton Place;<\/li>\n<li>III.\u2014A Fairy Tale;<\/li>\n<li>IV.\u2014A Man\u2019s Letter;<\/li>\n<li>V.\u2014Before Breakfast;<\/li>\n<li>VI.\u2014After Breakfast;<\/li>\n<li>VII.\u2014In the Cool of the Evening;<\/li>\n<li>VIII.\u2014By the Light of the Moon;<\/li>\n<li>IX.\u2014How the Game was Made;<\/li>\n<li>X.\u2014The End of the Fairy Tale;<\/li>\n<li>XI.\u2014Shaddeck Light;<\/li>\n<li>XII.\u2014An Evening at Shaddeck Light;<\/li>\n<li>XIII.\u2014A Night at Shaddeck Light;<\/li>\n<li>XIV.\u2014A Morning at Shaddeck Light;<\/li>\n<li>XV.\u2014Captain Dick\u2019s Wooing;<\/li>\n<li>XVI.\u2014How Dora Does It;<\/li>\n<li>XVII.\u2014A Girl\u2019s Letter;<\/li>\n<li>XVIII.\u2014The Days Before;<\/li>\n<li>XIX.\u2014Captain Dick\u2019s Wedding;<\/li>\n<li>XX.\u2014Post-Nuptial;<\/li>\n<li>XI.\u2014\u201cThe Girl I Left Behind Me.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XXII.\u2014\u201cWhen Day is Done.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[ PART SECOND. ]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I.\u2014Vera;<\/li>\n<li>II.\u2014A Look Behind;<\/li>\n<li>III.\u2014\u201cLove Took up the Glass of Time.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>IV.\u2014At Dawn of Day;<\/li>\n<li>V.\u2014A Summer Afternoon;<\/li>\n<li>VI.\u2014A Summer Night;<\/li>\n<li>VII.\u2014\u201cWe Fell Out, My Wife and I.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>VIII.\u2014\u201cO, We Fell Out, I Know not Why.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>IX.\u2014Charlton Place;<\/li>\n<li>X.\u2014Husband and Wife;<\/li>\n<li>XI.\u2014A Cry in the Night;<\/li>\n<li>XII.\u2014In the Dead Hand;<\/li>\n<li>XIII.\u2014In the Dark Hour;<\/li>\n<li>XIV.\u2014Tracked;<\/li>\n<li>XV.\u2014Trapped;<\/li>\n<li>XVI.\u2014Shaddeck Light.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the urgent insistence of his relatives Mr. Richard Ffrench, the step-son of the Honorable Robert Charlton of Charleton Place, agrees and marries a young girl in order to avoid any possible hint at impropriety. Written by May Agnes Fleming (1840-1880); 38 chapters; 396 pages; 127,000 words. 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