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The Gambler is a novel written by Katherine Cecil Thurston. It tells the story of a young woman named Joan Carthew, who is left destitute after her father's death. In order to support herself, she takes a job as a governess to the children of a wealthy family. While working for... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

The Gambler is a novel written by Katherine Cecil Thurston. The story revolves around a young woman named Joan Carthew, who is forced to confront her family's dark past and her own personal demons when she falls in love with a notorious gambler named Dick Strangeways. As Joan... Read Full Overview

"The Gambler" from Katherine Cecil Thurston. Irish novelist (1875-1911).

The gambler. A novel (1905). This book, "The gambler", by Katherine Cecil Thurston, is a replication of a book originally published before 1905. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.

The book "" The Gambler: A Novel, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has... Read Full Overview

Excerpt from The Gambler: A Novel An eight-mile drive over rain-washed Irish roads in the quick-falling dusk of autumn is an experience trying to the patience, even to the temper, of the average Saxon. Yet James Milbanke made neither comment nor objection as mile after mile of... Read Full Overview