Mr Hogarth's Will

by Catherine Helen Spence

49 chapters13h 52mEnglish1865

About this book

Jane and Elsie Melville were raised by their kindly but eccentric uncle, Mr Hogarth who believed that women were just as good as men, and thus gave his nieces a boy's education. Upon his death, they find that he has left his entire fortune to his heretofore unknown son and left them only a small allowance, expecting them to make their own way in the world using the education he furnished them. Will the girls survive in a world that expects them, at the most, to become governesses? (summary by Karen Savage)

Chapters (49)

1The Will, part 1

697

2The Will, part 2

747

3Disappointment and Hope; Prose and Poetry, part 1

941

4Disappointment and Hope; Prose and Poetry, part 2

719

5Closed Doors, part 1

896

6Closed Doors, part 2

703

7An Evening at Mr Rennie's, part 1

674

8An Evening at Mr Rennie's, part 2

739

9A Humble Friend

640

10A Bundle Of Old Letters

1359

11Up And Down

1179

12Peggy Walker's Adventures, part 1

694

13Peggy Walker's Adventures, part 2

2071

14Elsie's Literary Venture, and Its Success

772

15Some Grave Talk In Gay Company

1249

16Mr. Brandon In Edinburgh

1518

17Peggy's Visitors, And Francis' Resolution

778

18Good News For Francis

946

19How Francis Received The Good News

1256

20Jane's Situation

2328

21Elsie's Situation

767

22Elsie Refuses An Excellent Offer

1072

23Elsie Accepts Of A New Situation

534

24A Letter From Australia For Francis, Which Causes Surprise In An Unexpected Quarter

1138

25Harriett Phillips Does A Little Bit Of Shopping, Which Is Somewhat Fatal To Her Projects

807

26Francis Makes A Favourable Impression On Harriett Phillips

1009

27A Bonnet Gained And A Lover Lost

606

28A Seance

865

29Spiritualism, Love, And Politics

557

30Chiefly Political

751

31Good-Bye

1012

32Francis Hogarth's Canvass And Election

2066

33Mrs. Phillips's First Grief

1011

34Another Good-Bye

996

35Mr. Brandon's Second Proposal To Elsie, And Its Fate

731

36Mrs. Peck

1208

37Raising The Wind

1183

38Miss Phillips Meets With A Congenial Spirit In Victoria

692

39Dr. Grant Prosecutes His Suit With Caution And Success, And Brandon Finds His Love-Making All To Do Over Again

1320

40Mrs. Peck's Progress

631

41Business Interrupted By Love

1863

42Mrs. Phillips Is Relieved

651

43Mrs. Peck's Communication

1345

44Mrs. Peck's Disappointment

1209

45Elsie Melville's Letter

736

46What Can Be Made Of It?

1361

47Not So Bad, After All

760

48Meeting

812

49Epilogue

1350

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