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Mrs. Limber's Raffle: Or A Church Fair And Its Victims (1894)

Mrs. Limber's Raffle: Or A Church Fair And Its Victims (1894)

Butler, William Allen

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Anthropology20th Century United States HistoryFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1163936510
ISBN13: 9781163936511
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 172
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Mrs. Limber's Raffle: Or A Church Fair And Its Victims is a novel written by William Allen Butler in 1894. The story revolves around a church fair organized by Mrs. Limber, a wealthy and influential member of the community. The fair includes a raffle, and the prize is a valuable diamond necklace. However, the raffle is rigged, and the winner is predetermined. The novel follows the lives of the people involved in the fair, including the organizers, the participants, and the winners and losers of the raffle. The characters are from different social classes, and their interactions reveal the complex power dynamics at play in the community. As the story unfolds, the reader is drawn into a web of deceit, greed, and manipulation. The novel explores themes such as morality, justice, and the corrupting influence of wealth and power. Overall, Mrs. Limber's Raffle: Or A Church Fair And Its Victims is a compelling and thought-provoking novel that offers a glimpse into the social and cultural norms of late 19th-century America. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of American literature and society.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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