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Laura
Oct 20, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: read-2014, british-literature, fiction-19th-century, audio-books
From BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama:
The tale of a 19th-century woman who runs her own bank.
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Zuzana
Oct 19, 2025 rated it really liked it
Shelves: classics, audiobook
Victober 2025 Group Read.

A bit too repetitive. Too much heavy-handed foreshadowing, and thus predictible. Interesting psychology of characters. 3.5 stars.

Some of my comments from the Discord buddy-read discussion:
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Shelves: historical-women
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