The Orchid (novel)

The Orchid is a 1905 novel by American writer Robert Grant.

Plot introduction

A headstrong young woman marries for money and divorces for love. She then sells her infant daughter back to her former husband to secure a two million dollar fortune.

gollark: I don't know, but generally I lean toward the view that once a technology is reasonably practical to make with existing technology of the time, and it's useful for something, someone will make it.

gollark: Amongst some subset of the population to be fair, not *all* of it.

gollark: Consider conspiracy theories. They are very stupid. They aren't very good for you to hold, as they may make you increasingly wrong about things. Yet they spread well.

gollark: I'm not convinced that the "if it alone leads to the development of modern science" thing is true, and I still don't agree regardless of that.

gollark: In any case, "spreads better than competitors" doesn't make it "better" in some way *for you to hold*.

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