| A Lady of Quality: Large Print Contributor(s): Burnett, Frances Hodgson (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798574925027 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | African American - Historical - Fiction | Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 8.5" W x 11" (1.09 lbs) 208 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Book Excerpt: ...ppier prospect than her sisters. Her father felt her more an intruder than they had been, he being of the mind that to house and feed and clothe, howsoever poorly, these three burdens on him was a drain scarcely to be borne. His wife had been a toast and not a fortune, and his estate not being great, he possessed no more than his drinking, roystering, and gambling made full demands upon.The child was baptized Clorinda, and bred, so to speak, from her first hour, in the garret and the servants' hall. Once only did her father behold her during her infancy, which event was a mere accident, as he had expressed no wish to see her, and only came upon her in the nurse's arms some weeks after her mother's death. 'Twas quite by chance. The woman, who was young and buxom, had begun an intrigue with a groom, and having a mind to see him, was crossing the stable-yard, carrying her charge with her, when Sir Jeoffry came by to visit a horse... |