Dr. Sevier

Dr. Sevier PDF

Author: George Washington Cable

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-17

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13:

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Set in the years just before the American Civil War, "Dr. Sevier" is an interesting work on prison reform. It is the story of a widowed doctor from New Orleans who is interested in a struggling couple with a secret past. They call themselves John and Mary Richlin and claim to come from Milwaukee, but Dr Sevier doesn't quite trust them. The Civil War finally intrudes into the novel's final stages, but only as a backdrop.

Dr. Sevier

Dr. Sevier PDF

Author: George Washington George Washington Cable

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-12-23

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781981795383

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Excerpt he physician answered with better self-control. "What do you propose?" "I was going to propose--being a stranger to you, sir--to pay in advance." The announcement was made with a tremulous, but triumphant, hauteur, as though it must cover the physician with mortification. The speaker stretched out a rather long leg, and, drawing a pocket-book, produced a twenty-dollar piece. The Doctor looked full in his face with impatient surprise, then turned his eyes away again as if he restrained himself, and said, in a subdued tone: -- "I would rather you had haggled about the price." "I don't hear"--said the other, turning his ear. The Doctor waved his hand: -- "Put that up, if you please.

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