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The narrative follows an elderly banker ruined by a cousin's fraudulent railway scheme and his son, who rejects business to pursue writing, creating domestic friction; as the father recounts his losses and hopes his son will embrace commerce, the son reacts with aversion to money and discomfort with his father's financial talk. Social episodes involve the son's tentative efforts at society conversation and interactions with acquaintances whose manners and advice complicate relationships. Themes include the clash between practical ambition and artistic inclination, consequences of financial ruin on reputation and family life, and the delicate negotiations of sentiment and social expectation in a constrained middle-class setting.

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Title: The Three Fates

Author: F. Marion Crawford

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Language: English

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THE THREE FATES


THE THREE FATES

BY
F. MARION CRAWFORD
AUTHOR OF “MR. ISAACS,” “DR. CLAUDIUS,” “SARACINESCA,” ETC.
London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1893
All rights reserved

Copyright, 1891,
By MACMILLAN AND CO.
Set up and electrotyped January, 1892.
Reprinted April, May, October, 1892.
Typography by J. S. Cushing & Co., Boston, U.S.A.
Presswork by Berwick & Smith, Boston, U.S.A.

To
FREDERICK MACMILLAN
AN EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE
FROM AN AUTHOR TO HIS PUBLISHER
AND OF HIGH ESTEEM ENTERTAINED
BY ONE MAN FOR ANOTHER
Rome, February 21, 1892

THE THREE FATES.