The Fate of the Evangeline (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781721265022)

The Fate of the Evangeline by Arthur Conan Doyle This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. The Fate of the Evangeline is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The Boy's Own Paper in December 1885. John Vincent Gibbs and Miss Lucy Forrester are in love with each other, but the Lucy's father decided that she had to marry a rich young banker from good family. Very obedient, Lucy bends this choice by duty. Desperate, Gibbs decides to retire to the desert island of Ardvoe, on the coast of Scotland. After three months of loneliness, he sees Lucy, her father and her fianc landing on the island to spend a few days of vacation. The men sleep on the beach, but Lucy sleeps alone on the ship, "The Evangeline." Gibbs decides to have a last discussion with Lucy. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
ISBN-10: 1721265023
ISBN-13: 9781721265022
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/23/2018
Pages: 60
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.12d