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Midnight strikes, a wealthy widow presses her suit, and a jealous man watches from behind the curtains.
In Annie G. Savigny’s A Heart-Song of To-day, Mrs. Tompkins wants Captain Trevalyon’s love, and she offers her wealth along with her heart. Over champagne, she tells him about Colonel Haughton’s proposal. Trevalyon urges her toward his friend, while his own thoughts keep returning to Vaura, whom he has missed seeing.
Then George Delrose steps out from concealment, turning an intimate conversation into a contest of wills. Mrs. Tompkins orders him away; he refuses to leave her with a rival. Beneath the polished manners, desire becomes a struggle for control. Money, jealousy, and wounded pride make every courteous gesture feel uncertain.
What you’ll discover
- A widow who pursues Mrs. Tompkins speaks her desires plainly, determined to win the man she wants.
- An unwelcome midnight guest Delrose interrupts the champagne supper, bringing open jealousy into a room arranged for intimacy.
- A heart turned elsewhere Trevalyon answers flirtation with composure, but his thoughts of Vaura give the encounter another pull.
- Wealth against affection A marriage offer raises the uncomfortable question of what money can persuade a heart to do.
- Manners under strain Follow sharp exchanges where a polite farewell becomes something neither pride nor passion easily permits.
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For readers who enjoy Victorian romance, drawing room manners and stories of love tested by social pressure, with intrigue and secrets beneath polite society.
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- A world ruled by manners and reputation
- Love is tested by duty and expectation
- Secrets move beneath polite society
- A moral view of the heart
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Ein Herzenslied von heute
by Annie G. Savigny · 1886
Love meets duty and hidden secrets in a Victorian world where reputation puts private feeling at stake.
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A Heart-Song of To-day is a novel by Annie G. Savigny, a Canadian writer who published fiction in the late Victorian years.
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A world ruled by manners and reputation
Novels of the late Victorian period often open in a setting where reputation matters as much as money. Families watch one another, and a single rumour can change a life. Readers of this type of book meet drawing rooms, country houses, letters and carefully chosen words.
The title points to a story told as a kind of song of the heart, set in the author's own present. That suggests a tale about ordinary modern feeling rather than distant history. The world around the characters is the one the author knew.
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Who wrote A Heart-Song of To-day?
It was written by Annie G. Savigny, a Canadian novelist of the late Victorian period who died in 1901. She wrote popular romantic fiction of the kind enjoyed by readers at home.
What kind of book is A Heart-Song of To-day?
It is a Victorian novel of love, intrigue and social secrets. It belongs to the popular domestic and society fiction, where feeling meets duty and reputation.
Is A Heart-Song of To-day a true story?
It is a work of fiction. It reflects the manners and concerns of its own period, but it is an invented story rather than a record of real events.
The author
Annie G. Savigny
1838–1901 · Canadian novelist
Annie G. Savigny was a Canadian novelist born in 1838. She wrote A Heart-Song of To-day, a novel published in the nineteenth century. She lived during the Victorian era and died in 1901.
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