Condition: Acceptable: Signs of wear and consistent use. Age toned and the first two pages are brittle. Some stains and soiling to boards. See images for the condition of this book.
Blurb: Excerpt- "[...] He tried to smile and say something about hope; but Nurse Furney knew, and she turned away lest the sick woman's questioning eyes should read what her face betrayed. Three o'clock struck. A sweet voice, abrupt and clear, broke the silence of the solemn scene. "Hubert. Where is Hubert? I must see him." "Tell him to come," said Dr. Evans to Dr. Letsom, "but do not tell him there is any danger."[...]".
"Wife in Name Only" by Charlotte M. Brame is fairly typical of the "dime novel" genre (though lacking the usual rich Americans). It starts off with a young nobleman (startlingly, the heir to an Earldom, not a Baronetcy), travelling incognito with his heavily pregnant wife. They arrive in a small village (in England) and she is in a bad way. She gives birth and then dies. The nobleman leaves the baby with the village doctor and continues on his way to Italy to see his probably-dying father (who doesn't know about his marriage and would disapprove if he did), promising to return in three years for the child (who must be named Madaline, after her now-dead mother).