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What happens when the search for a fairy princess enters a world ruled by money and manners?
In The Silver Butterfly, Mrs. Wilson Woodrow brings romance and mystery into the glitter of the Gilded Age. New fortunes, grand houses and social ambition form the setting for a search for a woman who seems almost too charming to be real. Hidden money and secrets give longing a puzzle to follow.
The promise of a fairy princess meets the practical world of business and society. Here, love is not the only question worth pursuing: wealth and belonging also shape the world around it. Woodrow offers clear plotting, lively scenes and a warm tone, keeping the story light and quick-moving rather than weighed down by heavy argument.
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- Money and manners Enter a world where rising fortunes meet society’s careful rules about who belongs.
- Romance with a puzzle Follow a love story whose mystery gives feeling a reason to keep moving.
- An elusive fairy princess Explore the longing for someone lovely, seemingly unreal and just beyond reach.
- Secrets and hidden fortunes Let the promise of concealed wealth draw you deeper into the romantic mystery.
- A warm, lively escape Enjoy clear plotting and lively scenes in a story that favors pleasure over heavy argument.
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- Mystery gives the romance its engine
- The fairy princess as a figure of longing
- Mrs. Wilson Woodrow and her style
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La Farfalla d'argento
by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow · 1908
A search for a woman like a fairy princess leads into the Gilded Age's world of hidden fortunes and secrets.
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A Gilded Age world of money and manners
The Gilded Age is the name often given to the decades after the American Civil War, when industry made some families very rich. Fortunes rose fast, and society worked hard to decide who belonged and who did not. Fiction of the time often used this setting because money, class and marriage were bound together.
A romance placed in this world usually plays with the gap between appearance and truth. A fine house or a handsome name might hide debt, or a secret. Readers of the period enjoyed spotting what lay beneath the polish.
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What is The Silver Butterfly about?
It is a Gilded Age romance that combines a love story with mystery, hidden fortunes and the search for a woman likened to a fairy princess. It is meant as entertaining, fast-moving fiction.
Who wrote The Silver Butterfly?
It was written by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow, an American novelist who died in 1935. She wrote popular fiction for a wide audience in the early twentieth century.
What does the Gilded Age mean?
The Gilded Age is the period after the American Civil War when industry created great new fortunes. Its show of wealth often covered social tension, which is why writers used it for romance and mystery.
The author
Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
1867–1935 · American novelist
Mrs. Wilson Woodrow was an American author who lived from 1867 to 1935. She wrote fiction under her married name. Her novel The Silver Butterfly was published in 1908. She lived in the United States and wrote during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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