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Not bad. Not bad. In comparison to her other novels, I didn't love it as much as Villette or Jane Eyre, of course, but it was much better than The Professor.
We see most of the book through the eyes of two young women: Caroline Helstone, the shy niece of a Rector, who feels stifled by her life, and Shirley Keelder a wealthy young woman who, by her wealth, is able to live life freer than most women of that time.
There is no romance here. In fact, for a while, there is nothing happening. It is also ...more
We see most of the book through the eyes of two young women: Caroline Helstone, the shy niece of a Rector, who feels stifled by her life, and Shirley Keelder a wealthy young woman who, by her wealth, is able to live life freer than most women of that time.
There is no romance here. In fact, for a while, there is nothing happening. It is also ...more
Against the Napoleonic wars and the Levellers, Caroline's love for Robert struggles to survive in Yorkshire. Stars Moir Leslie.
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