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Novel 357: Mrs. Alexander, What Gold Cannot Buy (1895)

June 6, 2026 David Bywaters

Augustus Leopold Egg, Girl Making a Bouquet of Flowers


A woman enters her mother-in-law’s household in disguise to reconcile her to the marriage.


For Mrs. Alexander, see Novels 001, 063, 113, 168, 221, and 278.

A “blameless little story”; the characters, especially the women, are “lifelike.” Athenaeum, February 23, 1895

“Very charming”; “The studies of character are excellent, and the sketch is simply and naturally written.” Academy, March 16, 1895

Download this fortnight’s novel:

https://archive.org/details/06738761.2181.emory.edu

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