Author: | Grace Miller White | ISBN: | 1230000203787 |
Publisher: | ACE Publishing | Publication: | December 18, 2013 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Grace Miller White |
ISBN: | 1230000203787 |
Publisher: | ACE Publishing |
Publication: | December 18, 2013 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
She began her writing career novelizing plays,[1] before turning her hand to novels in 1909. Several of her books were adapted for the big screen, most notably Tess of the Storm Country, which has been filmed on four separate occasions between 1914 and 1960.
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Contents
Rose O'Paradise (1915)
Tess of the Storm Country (1909)
The Secret of the Storm Country (1916)
From the Valley of the Missing (1911)
Rose O'Paradise (1915)
Thomas Singleton broke down when his wife died giving birth to their daughter. He eventually recovered, but his half-brother Morse kept him locked up at the asylum. After seventeen years, Singleton escapes and tracks down his daughter, Rose, who is due to inherit a fortune on her eighteenth birthday. Convinced that his half-brother will try to trick Rose out of her inheritance, Singleton sends her to live with his former gardener, where she meets wealthy Theodore King. Romance begins to blossom, until Morse tracks the couple down and hires a thug to kill King.
The Secret of the Storm Country (1916)
The sequel to "Tess of the Storm Country," with the same wild background, with its half-gypsy life of the squatters--tempestuous, passionate, brooding. Tess learns the "secret" of her birth and finds happiness and love through her boundless faith in life.
From the Valley of the Missing (1911)
Another story of "the storm country." Two beautiful children are kidnapped from a wealthy home and appear many years after showing the effects of a deep, malicious scheme behind their disappearance.
Tess of the Storm Country (1909)
A girl from the dregs of society, loves a young Cornell University student, and it works startling changes in her life and the lives of those about her. The dramatic version is one of the sensations of the season.
She began her writing career novelizing plays,[1] before turning her hand to novels in 1909. Several of her books were adapted for the big screen, most notably Tess of the Storm Country, which has been filmed on four separate occasions between 1914 and 1960.
This collection includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.
Contents
Rose O'Paradise (1915)
Tess of the Storm Country (1909)
The Secret of the Storm Country (1916)
From the Valley of the Missing (1911)
Rose O'Paradise (1915)
Thomas Singleton broke down when his wife died giving birth to their daughter. He eventually recovered, but his half-brother Morse kept him locked up at the asylum. After seventeen years, Singleton escapes and tracks down his daughter, Rose, who is due to inherit a fortune on her eighteenth birthday. Convinced that his half-brother will try to trick Rose out of her inheritance, Singleton sends her to live with his former gardener, where she meets wealthy Theodore King. Romance begins to blossom, until Morse tracks the couple down and hires a thug to kill King.
The Secret of the Storm Country (1916)
The sequel to "Tess of the Storm Country," with the same wild background, with its half-gypsy life of the squatters--tempestuous, passionate, brooding. Tess learns the "secret" of her birth and finds happiness and love through her boundless faith in life.
From the Valley of the Missing (1911)
Another story of "the storm country." Two beautiful children are kidnapped from a wealthy home and appear many years after showing the effects of a deep, malicious scheme behind their disappearance.
Tess of the Storm Country (1909)
A girl from the dregs of society, loves a young Cornell University student, and it works startling changes in her life and the lives of those about her. The dramatic version is one of the sensations of the season.