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The Curse of Clifton
OR,
THE WIDOWED BRIDE.
BY MRS. EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH.
AUTHOR OF “SELF-RAISED,” “ISHMAEL,” “FAIR PLAY,” “A NOBLE LORD,” “THE CHANGED BRIDES,” “A BEAUTIFUL FIEND,” “HOW HE WON HER,” “RETRIBUTION,” “THE BRIDE’S FATE,” “THE LADY OF THE ISLE,” “CRUEL AS THE GRAVE,” “VIVIA,” “THE WIDOW’S SON,” “ALLWORTH ABBEY,” “THE LOST HEIRESS,” “INDIA,” “THE GYPSY’S PROPHECY,” “THE ARTIST’S LOVE,” “THE THREE BEAUTIES,” “VICTOR’S TRIUMPH,” “THE MISSING BRIDE,” “FALLEN PRIDE,” “THE FATAL SECRET,” “THE SPECTRE LOVER,” “MAIDEN WIDOW,” “THE TWO SISTERS,” “FATAL MARRIAGE,” “THE BRIDAL EVE,” “THE HAUNTED HOMESTEAD,” “THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS,” “TRIED FOR HER LIFE,” “DISCARDED DAUGHTER,” ETC.
“The Curse of Clifton; or, The Widowed Bride” will be found, on perusal by all, to be equal, if not superior, to any of the previous works by the celebrated American authoress, Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth, who is now conceded by critics to be the most popular female writer living, and her works to be among the greatest novels in the English language, as well as the most splendid pictures of American life ever written. “The Curse of Clifton” shows all the grace, vigor, and absorbing interest to be found in “Ishmael” and “Self-Raised,” her last two works, and places Mrs. Southworth in the front rank of living novelists. The same indescribable charm pervades all her works, which can only emanate from a female mind, and the excellences of “The Curse of Clifton” are many and great. It is a model book—graphic, brilliant and original. The romance is glowing and bold, possessing an absorbing interest that can attach only to real existences and life-like portraitures. The characters are beautifully drawn, and the novel throughout is highly exciting and of unexceptionable moral tendency. It ought to be read by everybody in the cheap form in which it is now issued.
PHILADELPHIA:
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS;
306 CHESTNUT STREET.
COPYRIGHT:—1875.
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS.
MRS. E. D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH’S COMPLETE WORKS.
EACH WORK IS COMPLETE IN ONE LARGE DUODECIMO VOLUME.
SELF-RAISED; or, FROM THE DEPTHS. Sequel to Ishmael.
ISHMAEL; or, IN THE DEPTHS. (Being Self-Made.)
THE MOTHER-IN-LAW; or, MARRIED IN HASTE.
THE PHANTOM WEDDING; or, Fall of House of Flint.
THE MISSING BRIDE; or, MIRIAM, THE AVENGER.
A BEAUTIFUL FIEND; or, THROUGH THE FIRE.
VICTOR’S TRIUMPH. A Sequel to “A Beautiful Fiend.”
THE FATAL MARRIAGE; or, Orville Deville.
FAIR PLAY; or, BRITOMARTE, the MAN HATER.
HOW HE WON HER. A Sequel to “Fair Play.”
THE CHANGED BRIDES; or, Winning Her Way.
THE BRIDE’S FATE. Sequel to “The Changed Brides.”
CRUEL AS THE GRAVE; or, Hallow Eve Mystery.
TRIED FOR HER LIFE. A Sequel to “Cruel as the Grave.”
THE CHRISTMAS GUEST; or, The Crime and the Curse.
THE LADY OF THE ISLE; or, The Island Princess.
THE LOST HEIR OF LINLITHGOW; or, The Brothers.
A NOBLE LORD. Sequel to “The Lost Heir of Linlithgow.”
THE FAMILY DOOM; or, the SIN OF A COUNTESS.
THE MAIDEN WIDOW. Sequel to “The Family Doom.”
THE GIPSY’S PROPHECY; or, The Bride of an Evening.
THE FORTUNE SEEKER; or, Astrea, the Bridal Day.
THE THREE BEAUTIES; or, Shannondale.
ALL WORTH ABBEY; or, Eudora.
FALLEN PRIDE; or, THE MOUNTAIN GIRL’S LOVE.
INDIA; or, THE PEARL OF PEARL RIVER.
VIVIA; or, THE SECRET OF POWER.
THE WIDOW’S SON; or, Left Alone.
THE DISCARDED DAUGHTER; or, The Children of the Isle.
BRIDE OF LLEWELLYN. Sequel to “The Widow’s Son.”
THE BRIDAL EVE; or, Rose Elmer.
THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS; or, Hickory Hall.
THE DESERTED WIFE.
HAUNTED HOMESTEAD.
THE LOST HEIRESS.
THE SPECTRE LOVER.
THE WIFE’S VICTORY.
THE FATAL SECRET.
THE CURSE OF CLIFTON.
THE TWO SISTERS.
THE ARTISTS LOVE.
LOVE’S LABOR WON.
MYSTERY OF DARK HOLLOW.
RETRIBUTION.
Above Books are Bound in Morocco Cloth. Price $1.50 Each.
☞ Mrs. Southworth’s works are for sale by all Booksellers, or copies of any one, or more of them, will be sent to any one, postage prepaid, or free of freight, on remitting the price of the ones wanted, to the publishers,
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS, Philadelphia, Pa.