Loved itit is a really wonderful twisty tiny book with fantastic characters a really interesting look at family and marriage and motherhood and there's just so much in this book to love
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East Lynne (1861)
Others: Positive "This book looks at the anxieties of the Victorian middle classes who feared a breakdown of the social order as divorce became more readily available and promiscuity threatened the sanctity of the family. In this novel the simple act of hiring a governess raises the spectres of murder, disguise, and adultery"--Provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780192804624
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- 490 pages
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