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The minstrel's curse

Chapter 1: THE MINSTREL’S CURSE.
By Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
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The narrative alternates between a present romance and an older family legend across four parts. A devoted young tutor's unspoken love for a noblewoman collides with pride, misunderstanding, and social distance, while the household nurse recounts an ancestral episode in which a talented minstrel's frustrated passion resulted in a dire curse. The plot follows how artistic devotion, jealousy, and inherited secrets echo through generations, combining sentimental romance with gothic overtones and examining fate, obsession, and the personal cost of forbidden attachments.

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Title: The minstrel's curse

Author: Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller

Release date: October 24, 2024 [eBook #74635]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: Norman L. Munro, 1892

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THE MINSTREL’S CURSE.

By Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller,
Author of “The Bride of the Tomb,” etc.

IN FOUR PARTS.