Intro
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
One. "There May Be Something Yet for Me to Do in This Big World"
Two. "A Gifted and Promising Young Authoress"
Three. "The Most Noted of the Younger Writers"
Four. "A Hot, Tempestuous Story"
Five. "My Life Is Ruined for Me"
Six. "I Would Teach Her That Passion . . . Is a Great, Pure Fire"
Seven. "The Most Beautiful Woman in Literature"
Eight. "All That I Ever Dreamed of Love Is Mine, Mine, Mine"
Nine. "A Legend with the Men of Father's Age"
Epilogue. "Winter for [the Heart] All the Time"

Notes
Novels, Essays, and Stories by Amélie Rives
Selected Bibliography
Index