Doctor Hathern's daughters

Chapter 2: PREFACE.

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The novel traces the lives of three sisters raised in an old family home, opening with their childhood and the household’s routines after a parental loss. Structured in four parts, it moves from domestic scenes and the lingering effects of war to courtships, engagements, and the practical struggles of married life. Key episodes include illness, grief, financial and moral tensions, long absences, and transatlantic travel. Through changing relationships and setbacks, the sisters confront shifting loyalties and responsibilities, and the narrative follows how their individual choices reshape family ties and lead to varied personal resolutions.

PREFACE.

In a large, old-fashioned Virginia house, shaded with elms and covered with climbing roses, honeysuckle and Virginia creepers, two women sat one June morning, discussing the practicability of writing a story in four parts and calling it “Dr. Hathern’s Daughters.” One of the daughters was to write the opening chapters, and was to be followed at intervals by her friend, whose sobriquet was to be “The Author.” The story has been written and is now given to the public as the joint production of Annie Hathern and

The Author.