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Side Winds - Softcover

Morton Rae

 
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Synopsis

Side Winds by Morton Rae chronicles a moral novel set in mid-19th-century Europe, following Mathilde Leroy, Ramona Glenursk, Alexine Leighton, and Bernard Vesey as they navigate love, ambition, wealth, and moral peril. Beginning with Parisian nightlife and a harsh examination of society's double standards, the story tracks Ramona's hunger for greatness and her pact with a scheming fortune-seeker while Alexine, an heiress accustomed to luxury, drifts into a glittering but hollow world of flirtation. Interwoven are pious reformers like Louy Darant and Aubrey Lowndes, who embody conscience and duty as they strive to redeem the characters. Across chapters, inheritance intrigues surrounding Glenursk's wealth, the hidden past of Claud Leighton, and the consequences of predestination versus virtue unfold. The narrative culminates in moral reckonings, reconciliations, and conversions, with Louy and Aubrey's marriage bringing steady faith to Endsleigh, and Alexine's return to duty. Rae offers a pointed critique of fashionable society while affirming the possibility of redemption through faith and steadfast virtue.

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