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Hester

by Margaret Oliphant

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1883
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347
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Public confidence in Vernon's bank rests on generations of prosperity, but the family's private affairs tell a more unsettled story. In Redborough, customers treat the banking house as a guarantee of security. John Vernon inherits that reputation and spends freely on a grand house, horses and company, while his mother worries over his choices. His cousin Catherine has money in the business, yet he dismisses the suggestion that she should be consulted. The novel links financial authority with family expectations and the unequal weight given to different people's judgments.

Hester approaches this family history through her mother's grief and her own questions about her father. Seeing the house where she once lived brings Mrs. John to tears, and Hester tries to understand the change in their circumstances. Her care for her mother sits beside an alert curiosity about Catherine's part in the past. Domestic routines, remembered comfort and uncertain loyalties give readers a close view of how money and family stories shape a young woman's understanding.

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Margaret Oliphant

Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, who usually wrote as Mrs. Oliphant. Her fictional works cover "domestic realism, the historical novel and tales of the supernatural".

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First published
1883
Reading time
About 15 hours
Pages
347
Language
English
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