Country homes -- Fiction

Mansfield Park

by Oakley, Jacqui, Danielson, Julie, Austen, Jane

fromComplete Jane Austen collection

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Mansfield Park is a study of three families-the Bertrams, the Crawfords, and the Prices-with the isolated figure of the heroine, Fanny Price, at its center. Fanny's quiet passivity, her steadfast loyalty and love for the son of the family who regard her as the poor relation, and…

Jane Eyre

by Brontë, Charlotte, Nemesvari, Richard

fromBroadview literary texts

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An orphan girl's progress from the custody of cruel relatives to an oppressive boarding school culminates in a troubled career as a governess. Jane's first assignment at Thornfield, where the proud and cynical master harbors a scandalous secret, draws readers ever deeper into a …

Jane Eyre

by Brontë, Charlotte

fromBroadview literary texts

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An orphan girl's progress from the custody of cruel relatives to an oppressive boarding school culminates in a troubled career as a governess. Jane's first assignment at Thornfield, where the proud and cynical master harbors a scandalous secret, draws readers ever deeper into a …

Mansfield Park

by Austen, Jane

fromBroadview literary texts

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"Mansfield Park is Austen's darkest and most complex novel. In contrast to the confident and vivacious heroines of Emma and Pride and Prejudice, its central character, Fanny Price, is a shy and vulnerable poor relation who finds the courage to stand up for her principles and des…

The woman in white

by Collins, Wilkie, Cox, Don Richard, Bachman, Maria K.

fromBroadview editions

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"As the inscription on his tombstone reveals, Wilkie Collins wanted to be remembered as the "author of The Woman in White," for it was this novel that secured his reputation during his lifetime. The novel begins with a drawing teacher's eerie late-night encounter with a mysterio…

The affair of the mutilated mink

by Anderson, James

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"George Henry Alwyn Saunders, 12th in his line, has taken a fancy to films. He's nearly killed with delight when a movie mogul wants Alderly, the Burfords' 17th century country estate, for the set of a new Rex Ransom epic. The bronzed, handsome star has long thrilled the loopy l…

The story of Lucy Gault

by Trevor, William

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A novel set in Ireland in the 1920s charts the progress of a young girl whose entire life seems to be falling apart when the threat of arson drives the family from their country home.

The story of Lucy Gault

by Trevor, William

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A novel set in Ireland in the 1920s charts the progress of a young girl whose entire life seems to be falling apart when the threat of arson drives the family from their country home.