THE NOVELS OF TEMPLE BAILEY
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“Although my ancestry is all of New England, I was born in the old town of Petersburg, Virginia. I went later to Richmond and finally at the age of five to Washington, D. C., returning to Richmond for a few years in a girl's school, which was picturesquely quartered in General Lee's mansion.
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PEACOCK FEATHERS
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The eternal conflict between wealth and love. Jerry, the idealist who is poor, loves Mimi, a beautiful, spoiled society girt.
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THE DIM LANTERN
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The romance of little Jane Barnes who is loved by two men.
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THE GAY COCKADE
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Unusual short stories where Miss Bailey shows her keen knowledge of character and environment, and how romance comes to different people.
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THE TRUMPETER SWAN
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Randy Paine comes back from France to the monotony of every-day affairs. But the girl he loves shows him the beauty in the common-place.
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THE TIN SOLDIER
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A man who wishes to serve his country, but is bound by a tie he cannot in honor break—that's Derry. A girl who loves him, shares his humiliation and helps him to win—that's Jean. Their love is the story.
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MISTRESS ANNE
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A girl in Maryland teaches school, and believes that work is worthy service. Two men come to the little community; one is weak, the other strong, and both need Anne.
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CONTRARY MARY
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An old-fashioned love story that is nevertheless modern.
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GLORY OF YOUTH
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A novel that deals with a question, old and yet ever new—how far should an engagement of marriage bind two persons who discover they no longer love.
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Grosset & Dunlap,
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Publishers,
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New York
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