How they loved him, Vol. 2 (of 3) : A novel by Florence Marryat
"How they loved him, Vol. 2 (of 3)" by Florence Marryat is a novel written in the late 19th century. It follows the perilous first love of Fenella Barrington, a lonely, impressionable girl who gives her whole heart to the charming but weak Geoffrey Doyne, only to find their passion colliding with social obligation, an earlier engagement to Jessie Robertson, and the pressures of family honor. The opening of the book traces
Fenella’s intense adoration for Geoffrey during secret seaside meetings at Ines-cedwyn, where he vows eternal fidelity and leaves her a locket before hurrying to London. There, under the iron will of his brother and Jessie’s formidable mother, Geoffrey faces a breach-of-promise threat; Jessie, pale and wounded but resolute, insists the engagement stand, and he submits. Unaware, Fenella returns to London with renewed hope, while her calculating mother plots to parade her new beauty in society. The section closes with Fenella reading the newspaper announcement of Geoffrey’s marriage to Jessie, collapsing in shock, and a doctor hinting that her sudden illness springs from a profound mental blow. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Marryat, Florence, 1833-1899 |
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| Title | How they loved him, Vol. 2 (of 3) : A novel |
| Original Publication | London: F. V. White & Co., 1882. |
| Credits | Matthew Sleadd, Emmanuel Ackerman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | English fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78111 |
| Release Date | Mar 4, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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