Mrs George de Horne Vaizey

About “The Love Affairs of Pixie”


The first edition of this book is dated 1914. The edition used is dated 1914. The publisher was The Religious Tract Society, London. The number of pages is 376.


General information

Here we have yet again the lovable Pixie, the youngest child of the O’Shaughnessy family, who had all been brought up at Knock Castle, in Ireland, and about whom two previous books have been written. None of the family can quite get their minds round the fact that Pixie is now old enough to have affairs, and even to marry, especially as they are all aware how very plain she is.

But Pixie has other ideas. She becomes engaged to Stanor Vaughan, a very good-looking young rising businessman, whose very rich but disabled uncle is his guardian. The uncle suggests that Stanor should go to America for a couple of years, to become a bit more mature.

Meanwhile there is very nasty and sudden accident to little Jack, an angelic little boy, whom everybody adores. Will he survive?

Eventually Stanor returns to London. But things have sorted themselves out rather better than we would have thought after the first few chapters.

This book was printed in a very heavy type on thinnish paper. It was a mistake to scan it on the default brightness setting, and it was very difficult to clean out all the misreads. There may yet be a few, but not many, I hope. These will be taken out eventually, I hope.


Contents

Chapter I.
The Question of Noses.

Chapter II.
Pixie’s Views on Marriage.

Chapter III.
Nearly Twenty-one!

Chapter IV.
The Invitation.

Chapter V.
In Marble Halls.

Chapter VI.
A Talk about Men—and Pickles.

Chapter VII.
Pixie is Dull.

Chapter VIII.
A Long, Long Letter.

Chapter IX.
A Rift.

Chapter X.
Pixie Gives Joan a Tonic.

Chapter XI.
Pixie Talks on Love.

Chapter XII.
The Bazaar.

Chapter XIII.
The Accident.

Chapter XIV.
A Proposal of Marriage.

Chapter XV.
Esmeralda is Troubled.

Chapter XVI.
The “Runkle” intervenes.

Chapter XVII.
Thinking Alike.

Chapter XVIII.
“I will be True.“

Chapter XIX.
Pixie seeks Advice.

Chapter XX.
Stephen is answered.

Chapter XXI.
A Musical Evening.

Chapter XXII.
He loved Her.

Chapter XXIII.
Complications.

Chapter XXIV.
He loves You.

Chapter XXV.
Stanor comes back.

Chapter XXVI.
“What have I done?“

Chapter XXVII.
Honor’s Letter.

Chapter XXVIII.
Pixie finds her Happiness.


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