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Coming home from a house party, Henry faces Aunt Mirabelle's familiar complaints about his clothes, his leisure and his lack of useful work. His uncle John Starkweather is more sympathetic, yet also wonders whether a young man living on family money should think harder about earning his keep. The prospect of marriage, and Henry's interest in Anna Barklay, give their conversation a practical urgency.
Holworthy Hall's novel carries this comic friction into a dispute over Sunday amusements. An unpopular restriction remains difficult to challenge because citizens hesitate to speak openly, a petition attracts joke signatures, and the Reform League sets traps in its questionnaire. Family criticism and public respectability share the same sharp edge. Readers drawn to social comedy can follow the lively arguments over independence, money and the difference between private wishes and public conduct.
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- Holworthy Hall
- Pages
- 117
- Language
- English
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