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The Adventures of an Ugly Girl

by George Mrs. Corbett

Level C1 · AdvancedClassics17 chapters
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About this book

Shunned for her plain looks and overshadowed by a beautiful sister, a sensitive girl braces herself for the arrival of her father’s new wife, hoping for the first time to find a true ally and a place to belong in her fractured family.

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17 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

01THE ADVENTURES OFAN UGLY GIRL · Ch.1Free
02CHAPTER I.“As ithers see us.”—Burns.
03CHAPTER II.
04CHAPTER III.“Tis the unlikely that always happens.”
05CHAPTER IV.“There will be no wedding to-day.”
06CHAPTER V.“A maiden’s fancies.”
07CHAPTER VI.“When venom’d gossip shows her poison-fangs, the watchword is, ‘Beware!’”
08CHAPTER VII.“From prying eyes and fingers defend us, good Lord!”
09CHAPTER VIII.“Brave hearts and willing hands may foil even Satan himself.”
10CHAPTER IX.“How fain are we to turn our backs on that which likes us not.”
11CHAPTER X.“’Tis better to be born lucky than rich.”
12CHAPTER XI.“The grip of death.”

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