{"product_id":"2940014538916","title":"The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants Volumes 1-3","description":"The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants by James, G. P. R. aka George Payne Rainsford, author of “The Gipsy,” “The Robber,” etc.; In Three Volumes; Volumes 1-3\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eDedication\u003cbr\u003eVolume 1\u003cbr\u003eCH1 The Hero, His Friend, and His Dwelling in the Seventeenth Century\u003cbr\u003eCH2 The Valet--The Townspeople--The Proclamation\u003cbr\u003eCH3 The Pastor\u003cbr\u003eCH4 Unexpected Companions\u003cbr\u003eCH5 The Journey, and Some of Its Events\u003cbr\u003eCH6 The Lady and Her Lovers\u003cbr\u003eCH7 The Growth of Love\u003cbr\u003eCH8 The Meeting and the Chase\u003cbr\u003eCH9 The Discovery\u003cbr\u003eCH10 The Recall\u003cbr\u003eVolume 2\u003cbr\u003eCH1 The Explanations\u003cbr\u003eCH2 The Return\u003cbr\u003eCH3 New Acquaintances\u003cbr\u003eCH4 The Preaching in the Desert\u003cbr\u003eCH5 The Revenge\u003cbr\u003eCH6 The Court\u003cbr\u003eCH7 The Clouds and the Sunshine\u003cbr\u003eCH8 The Hour of Happiness\u003cbr\u003eCH9 The Unknown Peril\u003cbr\u003eCH10 The Decision\u003cbr\u003eCH11 The King’s Closet\u003cbr\u003eVolume 3\u003cbr\u003eCH1 The Unforeseen Blow\u003cbr\u003eCH2 The Conspirators\u003cbr\u003eCH3 The Execution\u003cbr\u003eCH4 The Woman’s Judgment\u003cbr\u003eCH5 The Escape\u003cbr\u003eCH6 The Pastor’s Prison\u003cbr\u003eCH7 The Death of the Persecuted\u003cbr\u003eCH8 The Discovery of Error\u003cbr\u003eCH9 The Battle and the Retreat\u003cbr\u003eCH10 The Lover’s Reunion\u003cbr\u003eCH11 The Night Attack\u003cbr\u003eCH12 The Royalist Camp\u003cbr\u003eCH13 The Last Efforts\u003cbr\u003eCH14 The Bitter Parting\u003cbr\u003eCH15 The End\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDedication to Charles Rudolphe, Lord Clinton, etc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy Lord,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough I, of course, look upon the book, which I now venture to dedicate to one whom I so much esteem and respect, with those parental prejudices which make us often overlook all defects, and magnify any good qualities in our offspring, yet, believe me, I feel that it is very far inferior to that which I could wish to present to you. Do not, then, measure my regard by the value of the work, but accept it only as a very slight testimony of great esteem; and, at the same time, allow me, even in my Dedication, to say a few words concerning the book itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI will not trouble you or the public with any reasoning upon the general conduct of the story--why I suddenly changed the scene here, or flew off to another character there,--why I gave but a glimpse of such a personage, or dwelt long and minutely upon another. I believe and trust that those who read the work attentively will discover strong reasons for all such proceedings, and I am quite sure that much thought and care was bestowed on each step of the kind before it was taken. Your own good taste will decide whether I was right or wrong, and blame or approve, I know, whatever I might plead. The public will do so also; and, as a general rule, I think it best to conceal, as far as possible, in all cases, the machinery of a composition of this kind, suffering the wheels to produce their effect without being publicly exhibited.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have heard many authors blamed, however, and, doubtless, have been so myself, for frequently changing the scene or character before the reader’s eyes. There are people who read a romance only for the story, and these are always displeased with anything that interrupts their straightforward progress. But nature does not tell her stories in such a way as these readers desire; and, in the course of human life, there are always little incidents occurring, which seem of no earthly importance at the time, but which, in years long after, affect persons and produce events where no one could imagine that such a connexion is likely to be brought about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have always in this respect, as in all others, endeavoured to the best of my abilities to copy nature; and those readers who pass over little incidents, because they seem at the time irrelevant, or run on to follow the history of one character whenever a less interesting personage is brought upon the scene, will derive little either of profit or pleasure from any well constructed work of fiction. I have, as far as possible, avoided in all my works bringing prominently forward any character or any scene which has not a direct influence upon the progress and end of the tales; but I have equally avoided pointing out to the superficial reader, by any flourish of trumpets, (Continued)","brand":"Denise Henry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181459194096,"sku":"2940014538916","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014538916","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}