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The Three Fates

The Three Fates

Crawford, F. Marion

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Fiction AnthologiesGeneral ParentingGeneral World History

ISBN10: 116272661X
ISBN13: 9781162726618
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 422
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.86 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Three Fates is a novel written by F. Marion Crawford. It is a story about three women who are believed to be the embodiments of the three fates of Greek mythology: Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. The novel takes place in Italy, where the three women are living in a secluded villa. The first part of the book focuses on the lives of the three women and their interactions with each other. The second part of the book introduces a young American man named Paul Griggs, who becomes involved with the women and their mysterious past. As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that the women have a dark secret that they are trying to keep hidden, and that their fates are intertwined with Paul's. The novel is a haunting and suspenseful tale that explores the themes of fate, love, and the power of secrets.1891. With frontispiece. F. Marion Crawford was one of the more famous authors in the English-speaking world at the time of his death in 1909. He wrote over forty novels, most of which were in the style of disposable romances popular at the time. He also wrote stories of the horror and occult, which are generally the ones for which he is remembered today. The Three Fates begins: Jonah Wood was bitterly disappointed in his son. During five and twenty years he had looked in vain for the development of those qualities in George, which alone, in his opinion, could insure success. But though George could talk intelligently about the great movements of business in New York, it was clear by this time that he did not possess what his father called business instincts. The old man could have forgiven him his defective appreciation in the matter of dollars and cents, however, if he had shown the slightest inclination to adopt one of the regular professions; in other words, if George had ceased to waste his time in the attempt to earn money with his pen, and had submitted to becoming a scribe in a lawyer's office, old Wood would have been satisfied. The Boy's progress might have been slow, but it would have been sure. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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