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Surrender on the Ferry: Sophie Wendel and Jim Conors
Sophie Wendel, a poor New York worker, meets Jim Conors on a ferry and begins a fraught romance that reshapes her life. He courts her, flirts with danger, and when he reveals plans to marry another, she endures humiliation and heartbreak before she chooses to end the affair. After a period of struggle she faces Conors again and his return ignites a final, decisive turn in her fate.
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Ophie Wendel
Bis
Knet
Battery
Greenwich Street
Enis
Sophie
Narrows Street
Wendel
Conors
Jim ‘Conors
Jim Conors
Fulton Street
Ble
Jim
Mr. Conors
Bobby
Mrs. Sellers
Sellers
Toiyn
Sophie Ean
Arelyea