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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![The Californians](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqnna53ycgwhgqhm6ejzdk98/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260921%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260921T152641Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=a4ac62f97ae046377905da33756ac1f171b1203878b82b7f879095286941d563) ## About this work The Californians by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside E-text prepared by David Clarke, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenbertg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from digital material generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/American Libraries. See http://www.archive.org/details/californians00athearch THE CALIFORNIANS BY GERTRUDE ATHERTON JOHN LANE: THE BODLEY HEAD LONDON AND NEW YORK 1898 THIRD EDITION University Press, Cambridge, U. S. A. TO N. L. CONTENTS BOOK I I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX BOOK II I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI By the Same Author Some Novels Published by John Lane BOOK I I "I won't study another word to-day!" Helena tipped the table, spilling the books to the floor. "I want to go out in the sun. Go home, Miss Phelps, that's a dear. Anyhow, it won't do you a bit of good to stay." Miss Phelps, young herself, glanced angrily at her briery charge, longingly at the brilliant blue of sky and bay beyond the long window. "I leave it to Miss Yorba." Her voice, fashioned to cut, vibrated a little with the vigour of its roots. "You seem to forget, Miss Belmont, that this is not your house." "But you are just as much my teacher as hers. Besides, I always know what Magdaléna wants, and I know that she has had enough United States history for one afternoon. When I go to England I'll get their version of it. We're brought up to love their literature and hate them! Such nonsense—" "My dear Miss… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fthe-californians) The sample continues in the full work. 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