The Ironmaster

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Excerpt from The Ironmaster: Or, Love and Pride A literary work which in its double form of novel and drama has yielded its author nearly £12, 000 in a couple of years, is one to awaken both curiosity and interest. Such has been the pecuniary result of M. Georges Ohnet's "Le Maitre do Forges, " here presented to the English reader under the title of "The Ironmaster." A few years ago a young Frenchman, unknown to fame, wrote a play, which he called "Les Mariages d'Argent, " or, as we might say in English, "Marrying for Money." The manuscript was submitted in turn to several of the more noted theatrical managers of Paris, and "declined with thanks" by one and all of them. After such a decided rebuff many a young man, doubtful of his own talent, would probably have abandoned literature for good, but M. Ohnet was aware that fame was only to be achieved by dint of unflagging energy and perseverance in this toilsome nineteenth century. He took back the manuscript of "Marrying for Money, " and turned to a different form of literary labour. He wrote a novel called "Serge Panine, " and not only succeeded in getting it published, but in bringing it under the notice of the French Academy, which, although often derided, is none the less the foremost literary corporation in the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.