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Mr. Waddy's Return

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A newly wealthy heir returns from abroad to a coastal community, his family history traced back to a meek ancestor; along the way the narrative recounts a dramatic shipwreck and rescue, seaside amusements and scandals at a fashionable watering-place, romantic entanglements involving two young women, and the intrigues of a scheming antagonist whose plots unravel. Interwoven with comic character sketches and moral parables, the story explores social reintegration, pride and humility, and how sudden fortune alters private lives and public reputations, culminating in the protagonist's final homecoming and the resolution of rivalries and romances.

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Title: Mr. Waddy's Return

Author: Theodore Winthrop

Editor: Burton Egbert Stevenson

Release date: September 27, 2020 [eBook #63321]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MR. WADDY'S RETURN ***

MR. WADDY’S RETURN

BY
THEODORE WINTHROP

Author of “Cecil Dreeme,” etc.

EDITED BY
BURTON E. STEVENSON

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1904


Copyright, 1904
By
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

Published October, 1904

THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS
RAHWAY, N. J.