The girl he loved : or, Where love abides by Adelaide Stirling
QR code
"The Girl He Loved" by Adelaide Stirling is a novel written in the early 20th century. It charts a romantic drama of secret vows, pride, and social scheming, centering on Ravenel Annesley, her brother Tommy, their calculating stepmother Lady Annesley, the dashing Captain Adrian Gordon, and the cynical aristocrat Lord Levallion. Early signals point to a tale of love imperiled by class ambition and manipulation, with a vulnerable heroine forced to choose
between her heart and her safety. The opening of the story introduces Ravenel and Tommy living under Lady Annesley’s tight control at Annesley Chase. Ravenel secretly pledges herself to Captain Adrian Gordon, accepts a distinctive emerald-and-opal ring, and agrees to a clandestine wedding at Effingham before his post to India—plans overheard by the stepmother’s spying maid. The ring mysteriously disappears after Lady Annesley outfits Ravenel in white for the duchess’s garden party; Adrian fails to appear, and Lord Levallion (intrigued and oddly protective) drives the distraught girl home, later coolly announcing that Gordon has sailed, which breaks her spirit. The duchess whisks Ravenel and Tommy to London, while Lady Annesley enlists Mrs. Hester Murray to wound Ravenel with “a bit of the truth,” implying Adrian has a wife; stung into icy pride, Ravenel dazzles at the duchess’s ball, where Levallion pointedly courts her and proposes marriage as an escape from Sylvia’s power. Reeling and bent on revenge—and to secure Tommy’s future—Ravenel accepts, setting the novel’s central conflict in motion. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Download for free
For your e-reader or reading app — Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, Calibre etc.
Kindle → Use Send-to-Kindle
Kobo, Nook etc → Transfer via USB
Phone, tablet or computer → Open in a reading app
Other formats & older devices
There may be more files related to this item.
About this eBook
| Author | Stirling, Adelaide |
|---|---|
| Title | The girl he loved : or, Where love abides |
| Original Publication | New York: Street & Smith, 1900. |
| Series Title | New eagle series, no. 1174. |
| Credits | Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | American fiction -- 19th century |
| Subject | Dime novels |
| Subject | Romance fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 77154 |
| Release Date | Oct 30, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 339 downloads in the last 30 days. |
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!