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The Shuttle

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Original author: Frances Hodgson Burnett

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"The Shuttle" by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a novel published in 1907. When wealthy American heiress Rosalie Vanderpoel marries an impoverished English nobleman, she disappears from her family's life, trapped in isolation at a crumbling estate. Years later, her strong-willed sister Bettina crosses the Atlantic to investigate, discovering Rosalie's grim situation. As Bettina works to restore both her sister and the neglected manor, she navigates English society and encounters a proud but impoverished lord, setting the stage for confrontation with Rosalie's controlling husband.

The Shuttle, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #506.

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50 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: The Weaving of the Shuttle4,650 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: A Lack of Perception3,049 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: Young Lady Anstruthers6,781 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: A Mistake of the Postboy's6,301 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: On Both Sides of the Atlantic6,722 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: An Unfair Endowment3,310 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: On Board the “meridiana”3,153 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: The Second-Class Passenger3,448 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: Lady Jane Grey2,807 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: “is Lady Anstruthers at Home?”2,849 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: “i Thought You Had All Forgotten.”1,996 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: Ughtred3,924 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII: One of the New York Dresses2,797 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV: In the Gardens1,555 words
  15. 15.Chapter XV: The First Man5,843 words
  16. 16.Chapter XVI: The Particular Incident7,148 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVII: Townlinson & Sheppard4,962 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVIII: The Fifteenth Earl of Mount Dunstan5,367 words
  19. 19.Chapter XIX: Spring in Bond Street4,450 words
  20. 20.Chapter XX: Things Occur in Stornham Village3,064 words
  21. 21.Chapter XXI: Kedgers2,159 words
  22. 22.Chapter XXII: One of Mr. Vanderpoel's Letters4,321 words
  23. 23.Chapter XXIII: Introducing G. Selden7,420 words
  24. 24.Chapter XXIV: The Political Economy of Stornham3,861 words
  25. 25.Chapter XXV: “we Began to Marry Them, My Good Fellow!”4,171 words
  1. 26.Chapter XXVI: “what It Must Be to You--Just You!”3,900 words
  2. 27.Chapter XXVII: Life3,510 words
  3. 28.Chapter XXVIII: Setting Them Thinking2,262 words
  4. 29.Chapter XXIX: The Thread of G. Selden1,877 words
  5. 30.Chapter XXX: A Return4,957 words
  6. 31.Chapter XXXI: No, She Would Not3,062 words
  7. 32.Chapter XXXII: A Great Ball6,941 words
  8. 33.Chapter XXXIII: For Lady Jane6,289 words
  9. 34.Chapter XXXIV: Red Godwyn3,365 words
  10. 35.Chapter XXXV: The Tidal Wave3,521 words
  11. 36.Chapter XXXVI: By the Roadside Everywhere3,953 words
  12. 37.Chapter XXXVII: Closed Corridors3,695 words
  13. 38.Chapter XXXVIII: At Shandy's8,138 words
  14. 39.Chapter XXXIX: On the Marshes3,691 words
  15. 40.Chapter LX: “don't Go on with This”3,643 words
  16. 41.Chapter XLI: She Would Do Something3,504 words
  17. 42.Chapter XLII: In the Ballroom2,862 words
  18. 43.Chapter XLIII: His Chance3,441 words
  19. 44.Chapter XLIV: A Footstep3,127 words
  20. 45.Chapter XLV: The Passing Bell4,468 words
  21. 46.Chapter XLVI: Listening4,108 words
  22. 47.Chapter XLVII: “i Have No Word or Look to Remember”2,915 words
  23. 48.Chapter XLVIII: The Moment8,777 words
  24. 49.Chapter XLIX: At Stornham and at Broadmorlands4,095 words
  25. 50.Chapter L: The Primeval Thing2,266 words