The Fatal Marriage

Though irrevocably pledged to another, Mr. Orville Deville, Lieutenant in His Majesty’s provincial corps and heir of River-view, marries the young Lionne Delaforêt.

Written by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (1819–1899) and copyright 1863 by T. B. Peterson & Brothers.

Also reprinted as “Fatal Marriage or Orville Deville,” by the same publisher, and as “Lionne;” or “The Doom of Deville.”

Transcribed and edited by Jeffrey Merrow from the 1863 by T. B. Peterson. 41 Chapters, 467 pages, 132,500 words.

Chapters:

• The Outlaw’s Daughter.
• The Outlaw’s Home.
• The Outlaw.
• Passion.
• Passion and Temptation.
• The Old Manor-House.
• The Lady Adelaide Deville.
• Which is the Wife?
• The Fair Bride.
• Lionne.
• Interview between Adelaide and Lionne.
• Self-Sacrifice.
• At Bush Creek.
• Discovery of the Flight.
• Betrayer and Betrayed.
• Orville end Lionne.
• The Midnight Walk.
• The Rescued Wanderer.
• Lionne.
• Adeleide.
• Lionne and the Indian Witch.
• Lady Adelaide’s Woe.
• Adelaide’s Consolation.
• Lake Island and Castle.
• Death at the Fête.
• The Spectre at the Feast.
• The Cleaving Curse.
• Vengeance.
• An Act of Madness.
• A Houseless Night Wanderer.
• The Stranger’s Fate.
• The Wife.
• Strange Meetings.
• Melpomene.
• The Meeting.
• Storms.
• The Crisis.
• The Lioness and the Lamb.
• The Curse of an Accomplished Vow.
• The Avenger.
• Conclusion.