• Two bestselling books by American author Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth and in this Kindle eBook: Hidden Hand (1859) & The Missing Bride (1855)
Hidden Hand (1859)
When we first meet adventurous Capitola Black she is living among beggars and dressed as a boy. Capitola has a rich guardian, however, who takes her back to his mansion. But she is not without adventure for long. There are bandits, evil men, and friendships in Capitola's future - not to mention attempted kidnapping and duels. The character is so well-loved that the book was serialized three times and dramatized in 40 versions. Southworth said that nearly every adventure of her heroine came from real life experience.
The Missing Bride (1855)
Is it ever fair when a guilty party may gets away with murder?
About the Author
American author Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (1819 – 1899) wrote more than 60 novels in the late 19th century and was the most popular American novelist of her day. She was raised in Washington, DC, and moved with her husband to Wisconsin to become a teacher. She wrote stories to support herself and her children when her husband deserted her. Some of her earliest works appeared in The National Era, the newspaper that printed Uncle Tom's Cabin. Like her friend Harriet Beecher Stowe, she was a supporter of social change and women's rights. Her best known work was The Hidden Hand. It first appeared in serial form in the New York Ledger in 1859, and was serialized twice more (1868–69, 1883) before first appearing in book form in 1888. Her novel Tried for Her Life was referenced in chapter 8 of Jack Finney's novel Time and Again.
Most of Southworth's novels deal with the Southern United States during the post-American Civil War era.
Hidden Hand (1859)
When we first meet adventurous Capitola Black she is living among beggars and dressed as a boy. Capitola has a rich guardian, however, who takes her back to his mansion. But she is not without adventure for long. There are bandits, evil men, and friendships in Capitola's future - not to mention attempted kidnapping and duels. The character is so well-loved that the book was serialized three times and dramatized in 40 versions. Southworth said that nearly every adventure of her heroine came from real life experience.
The Missing Bride (1855)
Is it ever fair when a guilty party may gets away with murder?
About the Author
American author Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (1819 – 1899) wrote more than 60 novels in the late 19th century and was the most popular American novelist of her day. She was raised in Washington, DC, and moved with her husband to Wisconsin to become a teacher. She wrote stories to support herself and her children when her husband deserted her. Some of her earliest works appeared in The National Era, the newspaper that printed Uncle Tom's Cabin. Like her friend Harriet Beecher Stowe, she was a supporter of social change and women's rights. Her best known work was The Hidden Hand. It first appeared in serial form in the New York Ledger in 1859, and was serialized twice more (1868–69, 1883) before first appearing in book form in 1888. Her novel Tried for Her Life was referenced in chapter 8 of Jack Finney's novel Time and Again.
Most of Southworth's novels deal with the Southern United States during the post-American Civil War era.
