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Annie E. Holdsworth, The Years that the Locust Hath Eaten (1895); Annie E. Holdsworth, Joanna Traill, Spinster (1894)


Little known today, Annie E. Holdsworth was a popular novelist in late nineteenth-century England, though her works would eventually fade into obscurity as the twentieth century progressed. She was born Eliza Ann Holdsworth on 25 April 1860 at Grey’s Hill, Jamaica, the third of five children of a missionary and his wife, the Reverend William and Elizabeth (Hall) Holdsworth. In 1869, the family returned to England, with Rev. Holdsworth serving as Wesleyan minister in Snaith, Yorkshire. By 1881, Annie E. Holdsworth was boarding with a minister’s widow, Mary Hawson, at Wellington Cottage, Sussex, and teaching in a school. She is listed on the 1881 Census as a widow.

Volume Contents

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    Front Matter
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    Introduction By SueAnn Schatz
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    The Years that The Locust Hath Eaten By Annie E. Holdsworth
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      I
      Chapter I. One of the Queen’s Daughters
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      Chapter II. Priscilla Hangs her Pictures
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      III
      Chapter III. ‘Behold, this Dreamer Cometh.’
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      IV
      Chapter IV. Priscilla makes Friends.a
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      Chapter V. The Building of the Future
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      VI
      Chapter VI. ‘A Merry Heart Goes all the Way’
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      VII
      Chapter VII. A Last Misfortune
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      VIII
      Chapter VIII. For Better, for Worse
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      Chapter IX. The Bird in the Cage
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      Chapter X. Miss Cardrew Returns
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      XI
      Chapter XI. Dolores.
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      XII
      Chapter XII. Tobias and the Angels.
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      XIII
      Chapter XIII. The New Religion
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      XIV
      Chapter XIV. In the Studio
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      XV
      Chapter XV. A New Song
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      XVI
      Chapter XVI. Dollie goes to the Sun
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      Chapter XVII. Mrs. Markham’s Twins
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      XVIII
      Chapter XVIII. A Gift
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      XIX
      Chapter XIX. London, West
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      Chapter XX. A Poor Thing
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      XXI
      Chapter XXI. The Angels are Veiled
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      XXII
      Chapter XXII. Oh that we Two were Maying!
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      XXIII
      Chapter XXIII. A blank wall
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      Chapter XXIV. The Valley of Humiliation
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      XXV
      Chapter XXV. ‘Momerie, Grocer and Tea-Dealer.’
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      XXVI
      Chapter XXVI. The Years that the Locust Hath Eaten
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      XXVII
      Chapter XXVII. Where is Priscilla?
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      XXVIII
      Chapter XXVIII. A Procession of Angels Carrying Lilies
  • Joanna Traill, Spinster By Annie E. Holdsworth
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      I
      Chapter I. – A Question of Settlements
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      Chapter II. – Some Advantages of Philanthropy
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      III
      Chapter III. – An Enthusiast
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      IV
      Chapter IV. – Miss Traill Finds an Excuse for Living
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      V
      Chapter V. – High Art
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      Chapter VI. – The Apotheosis of Christine
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      Chapter VII. – A Ring of Smoke
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      Chapter VIII. – Olympia
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      Chapter IX. – ‘Oh, Lyric Love.’
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      Chapter X. – The Dead Past
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      XI
      Chapter XI. – Storm
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      Chapter XII. – Midnight London
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      Chapter XIII. – Don Quixote.
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      XIV
      Chapter XIV. – The Magdalen
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      XV
      Chapter XV.b
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      Joanna Traill, Spinster: Born —. Died —.
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