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A ruined clubman finds a pirate's letter in a secret drawer and sets out to dig up a fortune in jewels.
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彼女自身の権利での概要
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- 初版刊行年
- 1911by ジョン・リード・スコット
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彼女自身の権利で in short
At its core, In Her Own Right follows a ruined man who finds a second chance. Croyden loses his fortune, retreats to Hampton and discovers a pirate's letter in an old desk. The hunt leads him through Annapolis, a thieves' trap and a failed search.
What 彼女自身の権利で is about
Would you spend your last dollars hunting a pirate's gold? Geoffrey Croyden, a polished clubman from the big city of Northumberland, loses nearly everything when the brokers Royster and Axtell collapse. He slips away to a sleepy Maryland town, and in a hidden desk drawer he finds a letter nearly two centuries old that points to a fortune in jewels.
In Her Own Right is an Edwardian romance by John Reed Scott. It blends a treasure hunt, crafty thieves, old Southern manners and two courtships. What does a proud man owe his pride when the woman he loves has far more money than he does?
対象読者. This book suits readers who enjoy buried treasure, mysterious letters and clever banter, and anyone who likes a love story set in a small Southern town.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A bankruptcy sends Croyden into hiding
The book opens on the porch of a golf club above Northumberland. Colin Macloud reads in the paper that the brokers Royster and Axtell have failed, with debts of twenty million dollars. Geoffrey Croyden is not so lucky as his friends.
Upstairs, Croyden tells Macloud the sad arithmetic. His father left him about half a million dollars, and a company investment and a loan swallowed four hundred thousand of it. Only twenty thousand is left, an income of twelve hundred a year. He decides to vanish to a small property he owns on the Eastern Shore.
Macloud, the one friend who rings true, says the crowd on the Heights drops anyone who loses money. Dinner at the Cavendish house proves him right. The sharpest pain is Elaine Cavendish, rich in her own right. Croyden thanks heaven he never proposed, and he says goodbye with a kiss on her hand.
Losing money costs Croyden his club, his friends and, he believes, his right to love.
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Clarendon gives him a past and a household
Croyden travels east on the cheaper train and reaches the town of Hampton on a branch line through sand hills.
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A pirate's letter points to buried jewels
In a slant-top mahogany desk in the library, Croyden presses a carved lion's head, and a hidden drawer slides open.
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Hampton's old manners and Davila's bright eyes
Captain Charles Carrington calls first and invites Croyden to supper.
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Annapolis, stolen wallets and a captured pair
Macloud comes down, reads the letter and urges Croyden to cross the Bay at once.
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The search fails but the blackmail begins
For three weeks Croyden and Macloud dig by night and drag the bottom of the Bay, claiming to have lost a ruby ring overboard.
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Elaine arrives and both women vanish
Elaine writes to Macloud that she will come to Croyden whatever convention says.
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Pride about money keeps love at arm's length
Croyden holds a firm rule.
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Real worth comes from birth and character
The book sets two kinds of society side by side.
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A light touch keeps the adventure bright
The tone is breezy and full of banter.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Geoffrey Croyden A ruined clubman who retreats to Clarendon, finds a pirate's letter and struggles with his pride about marrying a rich woman.
- Colin Macloud Croyden's dry, loyal friend who joins the treasure hunt, funds it and falls for the girl he calls the Symphony in Blue.
- Elaine Cavendish A rich and quick-witted heiress who loves Croyden and is determined to overcome his scruples about money.
- Davila Carrington A teasing, dark-haired Hampton girl who guides Croyden to Clarendon and becomes Elaine's friend and Macloud's puzzle.
- Captain Carrington Davila's genial father, an old Hampton gentleman of modest means who welcomes Croyden into the town.
- Moses Colonel Duval's old servant who guards Clarendon faithfully and tries to teach its new master the local ways.
- Miss Amelia Erskine A self-important lecturer on every subject whose pompous manner makes her the comic nuisance of Hampton.
- Montecute Mattison A spiteful rich man's son who sneers at Croyden's losses and is despised by the men of the club.
How it ends (spoiler)
Elaine has quietly paid the kidnappers with her own check, and the women come home free. She kisses the sleeping Croyden at Clarendon, and he gives up his theory about wealth. Elaine finds a second note behind the secret drawer. Marmaduke Duval had moved the iron box to the cellar of the house. The friends dig it up and find the jewels. Croyden and Elaine are engaged, and Macloud and Davila are as good as engaged too.
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『彼女自身の権利で』についての質問
What is In Her Own Right about?
It follows Geoffrey Croyden, a clubman ruined by a brokers' collapse, who moves to Hampton, Maryland, finds a pirate's letter in a secret drawer and hunts for buried jewels while a romance with Elaine Cavendish develops.
Who was Robert Parmenter in the book?
Parmenter is the dying pirate who wrote the 1738 letter. He buried a treasure near Annapolis in 1720 and left it to his friend Marmaduke Duval on condition that it be used only in an extremity of need.
Is Greenberry Point a real place?
Yes, Greenberry Point lies across the Severn River from Annapolis, Maryland, and the novel uses real landmarks such as Carvel Hall and the Naval Academy. The treasure, the letter and the characters are fiction.
What does the phrase pirate gold breeds pirate ways mean?
It is a refrain in the story warning that wealth taken by crime attracts crime in turn. Characters repeat it as thieves, blackmailers and kidnappers chase Parmenter's fortune.
Is In Her Own Right easy to read?
It is approachable, with short chapters, brisk dialogue and a clear plot built on letters and clues. The humor and the romance keep the story moving from the first scene on the club porch.
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Scott, John Reed. In Her Own Right. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/in-her-own-right.
Scott, J. R. (2026). In her own right. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/in-her-own-right (Original work published 1911)
Scott, John Reed. In Her Own Right. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/in-her-own-right.
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note = {First published 1911}
}
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