Category Archives: Reid, Christian
Christian Reid. A Little Maid of Arcady. Philadelphia: H. L. Kilner & Co., 1893.
At the age of four, Bernadette Araud is left an orphan when her mother is killed in a train wreck in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Bernadette is reared by a local family, the Camerons, until a chance meeting leads her … Continue reading
Christian Reid. Miss Churchill, a Study. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1887.
Most of the action in this novel takes places outside of North Carolina. Through the generosity of a journalist-adventurer Bernard Lysle, Cecil Churchill gets to leave her family’s plantation and travel to Europe and the Middle East. Lysle is smitten … Continue reading
Filed under 1880-1889, 1887, Novels to Read Online, Reid, Christian, Romance/Relationship
Christian Reid. A Question of Honor. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1876.
When her wealthy father dies, Mary Carlisle, who is blind, depends on her kinsman, Basil Severn, to manage her mills, stocks, land, and money. This works well until Arnold Devereux comes to Stansbury (thought to be Salisbury) to claim Mary … Continue reading
Christian Reid. Rosyln’s Fortune. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1885.
Young Rosyln Vardray has just reached the age when she can think about marriage, and this young woman has many suitors. She rejects the affections of her stepbrother and a much older, wealthy man in favor of the handsome outsider, … Continue reading
Christian Reid. A Summer Idyl. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1878.
At the Tyrrell home in Transylvania County, lovely Flora Tyrrell pines for the attentions of her cousin Harry Sunderland and puts off another suitor, Geoffrey Charlton. While cousin Harry is entangled in another relationship, Geoffrey pursues Flora in walks, rides, … Continue reading
Filed under 1878, Mountains, Novels to Read Online, Reid, Christian, Transylvania
Christian Reid. The Wargrave Trust. New York: Benziger Brothers, 1911.
Judge Wargrave believes that his son has dishonored the family, so he plans to leave his estate to a nephew. The nephew, Laurence Desmond, is reluctant to accept the inheritance until he is sure that his cousin’s actions merit this … Continue reading
Filed under 1910-1919, 1911, Davie, Novels to Read Online, Piedmont, Reid, Christian
