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Lifetime: 1874 - 1911 Passed: ≈ 113 years ago

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Myrtle Reed

Books by Myrtle Reed

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Lavender and Old Lace

Romance Fiction Novel Mystery
Gothic Mystery Romance Inheritance Past Letter Aunt Family secrets Niece Attic Oil lamp Hidden truth

In 'Lavender and Old Lace', Ruth Thorne, a young woman seeking solace and quiet, travels to her aunt Jane Hathaway's secluded home. Upon arrival, she discovers a cryptic letter from her aunt, instructing her to light an oil lamp in the attic each ni...

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At The Sign of The Jack O'Lantern

This begins with an odd inheritance at the end of a honeymoon, both parties being inexperienced. Then someone comes to visit, then another, until we've got a chaotic bedlam of New England's tragically off the wall odd-ball relations. Our protagonists...

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Spinner in the Sun

Myrtle Reed may always be depended upon to write a story in which poetry, charm, tenderness and humor are combined into a clever and entertaining book. Her characters are delightful and she always displays a quaint humor of expression and a quiet fee...

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Old Rose And Silver

The novel follows the lives of Rose and her widowed Aunt, Madame Francesca Bernard, along with young visitor and cousin Isabel, whose lives are changed by the return of an old friend and neighbour Colonel Kent, and his grown son, Allison. Other chara...

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Shadow of Victory

This is another work by the author Myrtle Reed who is also the author of "The Spinster Book" and "Old Rose and Silver" and was a best-seller during 1903. (Summary by sidhu177)

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Book of Clever Beasts

A humorous book, hitting off the many writers who have returned to nature and made intimate friends in the Animal World. The author describes the super-human intelligence to be found by the discerning among our kindred of the wild. All those who love...

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Sonnets to a Lover

This is a book of poetry by Myrtle Reed. Ms. Reed is most famous for her love stories such as A Spinner in the Sun and Old Rose and Silver, and these sonnets are an exploration of the same theme through a different medium. - Summary by Carolin

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Threads of Grey and Gold

This is a collection of short stories and poems by Myrtle Reed. Many of the stories are short romances, and they share the unique, nostalgic, sometimes melancholy atmosphere so characteristic of Myrtle Reed's stories. - Summary by Carolin

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Master of the Vineyard

"Why don't you sell the vineyard?" she asked, though her heart sank at the mere suggestion. "Sell it? Why didn't the Ancient Mariner sell his albatross and take a nice little trip around the world on the proceeds? Mother would die of a broken heart...

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Flower of the Dusk

Published in 1908, this is the story of two small families and the agreeable couple who help them. The heartfelt Norths, though clouded by disabilities, maintain the joy of life while struggling through sadness and loss. Their neighbours, the Austins...