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Stripped of his wealth and forced into humiliating circumstances, an aging aristocrat battles desperately to retain his dignity in a society that worships money. His pride becomes both his armor and his greatest enemy as he navigates the sneers of former friends and the pity of strangers. When a sudden chance at redemption appears, it comes with a moral compromise that could destroy the last shreds of his honor. Journey through a poignant, melancholic character study of a man clinging to the ghosts of his past. Witness a heartbreaking struggle between social standing and the true measure of human worth.
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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length16 hrs 53 mins
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Publish dateApr 8, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I. THE TWO FAMILIES.
2CHAPTER IV. THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
3CHAPTER V. A WINTER’S WALK.
4CHAPTER VI. RICH MRS. PENTON AND POOR MRS. PENTON.
5CHAPTER VII. THE YOUNG AND THE OLD.
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6CHAPTER IX. FAMILY COUNSELS.
7CHAPTER X. AN ADVENTURE.
8CHAPTER XI. THE GIRLS’ OPINION.
9CHAPTER XIV. A TRANSITION PERIOD.
10CHAPTER XV. THE INVITATION.
11CHAPTER XVI. THE PRIMROSE PATH.
12CHAPTER XVII. GOING INTO THE WORLD.
13CHAPTER XVIII. PREPARATION FOR THE GUESTS.
14CHAPTER XIX. RECKONING WITHOUT THEIR HOST.
15CHAPTER XX. SIR WALTER AND HIS HEIR.
16CHAPTER XXIV. THE MASTER OF PENTON.
17CHAPTER XXV. AN ENCOUNTER UNFORESEEN.
18CHAPTER XXVI. THE NEW STATE OF AFFAIRS.
19CHAPTER XXVIII. A DECISIVE MOMENT.
20CHAPTER XXIX. THE FUNERAL DAY.
21CHAPTER XXXII. WALTER: AND HIS FATE.
22CHAPTER XXXIII. A DOMESTIC EXPLOSION.
23CHAPTER XXXIV. MATERNAL DIPLOMACY.
24CHAPTER XXXVIII. KEEPING UP APPEARANCES.
25CHAPTER XLI. A MORE CHEERFUL VIEW.
26CHAPTER XLV. NO LONGER COCK-SURE.
27CHAPTER XLVI. THE FATE OF THE CHIFFONIER.
28CHAPTER XLVII AN AGITATING ENCOUNTER.
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