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Family rank shapes Lesley's future before she has much say in it. Adeline Sergeant opens this novel at an exclusive convent school outside Paris, where an English aristocratic family prepares to collect a young woman who has spent her childhood among the sisters. The carefully tended gardens and quiet routines give way to the question of how her life will be arranged beyond the school walls.
Later, her father, Caspar Brooke, discusses her prospects with Maurice, a young doctor who wants to marry her. Brooke explains how his separation from Lady Alice left their daughter's upbringing subject to family agreements, money disputes and her grandfather's expectations. Through these conversations, the novel sets affection against social ambition.
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- Author
- Adeline Sergeant
- Reading time
- About 9 hours
- Pages
- 345
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Victorian Literature
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online