Anna Bentinck
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Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
This is a tragic tale of unconsummated passion and rivalry in love. A stonemason working on a church falls in love and elopes with the vicar's daughter. However, their vacillations lead to tragedy. The text is accompanied by a critical introduction.
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
A young woman, Cytherea Graye, is forced by poverty to accept a post as lady's maid to the eccentric Miss Aldclyffe, the woman whom her father had loved but had been unable to marry. Cytherea loves a young architect, Edward Springrove, but Miss Adclyffe's machinations, the discovery that Edward is already engaged to a woman whom he does not love, and the urgent need to support a sick brother drive Cytherea to accept the hand of Aeneas Manston, Miss...