Cardigan is a novel by American author Robert W. Chambers, first published in 1895. The story is set in the late 1800s and follows the life of David Cardigan, a wealthy businessman and entrepreneur who is determined to make his mark on the world. As he rises to success, he becomes embroiled in a web of political corruption and personal betrayal, facing challenges that threaten to destroy everything he has worked for. Along the way, he falls in love with a beautiful and mysterious woman named Sylvia Landry, who holds the key ...
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Cardigan is a novel by American author Robert W. Chambers, first published in 1895. The story is set in the late 1800s and follows the life of David Cardigan, a wealthy businessman and entrepreneur who is determined to make his mark on the world. As he rises to success, he becomes embroiled in a web of political corruption and personal betrayal, facing challenges that threaten to destroy everything he has worked for. Along the way, he falls in love with a beautiful and mysterious woman named Sylvia Landry, who holds the key to his future. Cardigan is a thrilling tale of ambition, intrigue, and romance that captures the spirit of the Gilded Age and the American Dream.1901. Illustrated. Chambers, American artist and writer, later turned to writing romantic fiction to earn a living. According to some estimates, Chambers had one of the most successful literary careers of his period, with a few of his works achieving bestseller status. The book begins: On the 1st of May, 1774, the anchor-ice, which for so many months had silver-plated the river's bed with frosted crusts, was ripped off and dashed into a million gushing flakes by the amber outrush of the springtide flood. On that day I had laid my plans for fishing the warm shallows where the small fry, swarming in early spring, attract the great lean fish which have lain benumbed all winter under their crystal roof of ice. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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