His lawful wife, or, Myra, the child of adoption
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- Created Date
- 1884-07-01
- Description
by Mrs. Ann S. Stephens.
Printed in double columns.
"July 1, 1884"--Caption.
Title from page 1.
Johannsen, A. House of Beadle and Adams and its dime and nickel novels, volume 1, page 315, no. 6.
"This is one of the poorest of Mrs. Stephens' stories, but is of interest because it is founded upon the life of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, the great New Orleans heiress, although the latter said (Girls of Today, No. 9) that there was much more fiction than fact in the story. A short biography of Mrs. Gaines, by Mrs. Ellet, appeared in Belles and Beaux, No. 1, January 31, 1874. There is a portrait of Mrs. Gaines and a review of the case in Frank Les...
- Creator
Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886
- Contributing Institution
- Northern Illinois University
- Collection
- Nickels and Dimes
- Subjects
- Inheritance and succession
Trials
Yellow fever
Widows
Remarriage
Man-woman relationships
Wives
Mother and child
Adoptees
Marriage - Type
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- Language
- English
- Rights
- Use of this public-domain resource is unrestricted, however, attribution is customary and requested.
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- Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886. His lawful wife, or, Myra, the child of adoption. 1884-07-01. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/dimenovels%3A188011. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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- Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886, (1884-07-01) His lawful wife, or, Myra, the child of adoption. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/dimenovels%3A188011
- MLA citation style
- Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/dimenovels%3A188011>.