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A Chicago Princess

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By Robert Barr
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The narrator, reduced to poverty while living in Nagasaki, reflects on despair and small consolations as he notices an approaching American yacht owned by Silas K. Hemster of Chicago. Short on funds, he takes a sampan to the harbor and becomes entangled in events that shift his circumstances. The narrative alternates introspective passages about pride, survival, and social status with episodes of travel, chance meetings, and evolving fortunes, examining how luck, character, and social expectations reshape personal destiny.

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Title: A Chicago Princess

Author: Robert Barr

Illustrator: Francis P. Wightman

Release date: June 18, 2016 [eBook #52363]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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Transcriber’s Note

The cover was created by the Transcriber, using an illustration from the original book, and placed in the Public Domain.

This Table of Contents was added by the Transcriber and placed in the Public Domain.

CONTENTS

  PAGE
CHAPTER I 1
CHAPTER II 10
CHAPTER III 25
CHAPTER IV 37
CHAPTER V 52
CHAPTER VI 59
CHAPTER VII 77
CHAPTER VIII 90
CHAPTER IX 101
CHAPTER X 109
CHAPTER XI 124
CHAPTER XII 132
CHAPTER XIII 143
CHAPTER XIV 155
CHAPTER XV 170
CHAPTER XVI 180
CHAPTER XVII 194
CHAPTER XVIII 202
CHAPTER XIX 219
CHAPTER XX 239
CHAPTER XXI 248
CHAPTER XXII 264
CHAPTER XXIII 274
CHAPTER XXIV 288
CHAPTER XXV 299

A CHICAGO PRINCESS

A CHICAGO
PRINCESS

By ROBERT BARR

Author of “Over the Border,” “The Victors,” “Tekla,”
“In the Midst of Alarms,” “A Woman Intervenes,” etc.

Illustrated by FRANCIS P. WIGHTMAN

New York · FREDERICK A.
STOKES COMPANY · Publishers

Copyright, 1904, by
ROBERT BARR
All rights reserved

This edition published in June, 1904