Rossmoyne
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At Moyne, two elderly sisters linger over a letter while their tea and hot cakes grow cold. Penelope and Priscilla Blake are expecting Katherine's orphaned children, and the news revives memories of a broken engagement twenty years earlier. Their conversation moves between lasting resentment and small domestic comforts, including a remembered plate of red-currant tart. Duchess gives this romantic novel a conversational narrator who interrupts the scene with jokes and observations.
Monica and Brian Desmond bring a younger generation's feelings into view. In one scene, Monica holds a baby while Desmond arrives uncertain whether she has forgiven him. Mrs. Daly supplies laughter, teasing and a chair beside Monica, making an awkward encounter into a lively social occasion. Family quarrels, jealousy and courtship sit alongside affectionate household detail.
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Book facts
- Author
- Duchess
- Reading time
- About 9 hours
- Pages
- 299
- Language
- English
- Genre
- British Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online