Table of Contents:
  • 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