User:Plutoisstillaplanet2me/Gloria: A Novel (1891)

About the Author
Emma Southworth was born on December 26th, 1819 and died on June 30th, 1899. In order to support herself and her children, Southworth began to write stories after her husband deserted her in 1844. She became one of the best paid authors of the country, earning herself $10,000 a year in royalties.

In her time, she wrote nearly fifty novels, leading her to be completely overseen by the critical establishment before the emergence of academic feminism.

Summary
The Missing Bride (1891) is a novella written by Emma Dorthy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (1819 - 1899).

The novel is set during the revolutionary war initially, this story refers to several different women who are "missing" when they are alienated or by family members because of their marriage choice, or experience other hardships as a result.

The main character, Edith, saves her uncle's life as well as his plantation. But because Edith refuses to marry who the uncle decides is right for her, Edith ends up destitute and insane. Thus, she goes missing for a multitude of reasons, mostly because the Edith, and the other female leads are young women who are driven by society's norms. After being pushed past the breaking point, they leave.

Alexander Kalouga

 * A Polish Soldier of fourtune
 * He was born in one part of the globe, was educated in another, initiated into warfare into the third corner, and then buried in the last corner.

Marie Zalenski

 * Alexander's wife
 * The companion of his campaigns and voyages and the first lady of his manor

Commodore Nickolas Waugh

 * Lost his father at age 12
 * Escaped to Baltimore and was shipped as a cabin boy as a merchantman

Paul Jones

 * The American Sea King
 * Had Nickolas work for him

Edith Lance

 * Was an orphan
 * Nickolas's grandniece
 * Nickolas took her from the Catholic Orphan Asylum where she had found refuge since the death of her parents and placed in one of the best convent schools in the south
 * when she was 17, she was brought home from school and established at Luckenough as the adopted daughter and heiress of her uncle

Thorg

 * A terrible and remorseless drunkard
 * A large man who is scared of very little
 * Is willing physically fight anyone

Cloudsley

 * A loyal friend who fought Thorg for Fanny and Edith