From Saranac to the Marquesas and Beyond

From Saranac to the Marquesas and Beyond PDF Author: Margaret Isabella Stevenson
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Category : Oceania
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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From Saranac to the Marquesas and Beyond

From Saranac to the Marquesas and Beyond PDF Author: Margaret Isabella Stevenson
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Category : Oceania
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Her Boys' Home

Her Boys' Home PDF Author: Clara Willett
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Languages : en
Pages : 182

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The Taming of John Blunt

The Taming of John Blunt PDF Author: Alfred Ollivant
Publisher: Musson Book Company, [191-?]
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370

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The Card

The Card PDF Author: Arnold Bennett
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Category : City and town life
Languages : en
Pages : 386

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Drama and Life

Drama and Life PDF Author: Arthur Bingham Walkley
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 380

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The Two Kisses

The Two Kisses PDF Author: Oliver Onions
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Brand

Brand PDF Author: Henrik Ibsen
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Languages : en
Pages : 358

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The Principal Girl

The Principal Girl PDF Author: John Collis Snaith
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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Salthaven

Salthaven PDF Author: William Wymark Jacobs
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Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Below Stairs

Below Stairs PDF Author: Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
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Category : Domestic fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Priscilla Day is 12 at the beginning of the novel and living with her parents. Mr Day has lost his job and they are poor. At 14 Priscilla starts as a skivvy in the village, then a maid in the household of Mr and Mrs Masters. Mrs Masters is a friend of her mother’s but more prosperous and has a son, Harry, to whom Priscilla is attracted. Harry begins to court a local girl and Priscilla decides to move away and gets a job in London. The rest of the novel shows Priscilla’s development. She has various jobs in service and becomes a well-trained parlourmaid. She returns to the village, taking a job in a house near her parents. She meets Harry again and starts walking out with him. She is not happy in her job; the mistress of the house constantly finds fault with the servants. She is also trying to bully a young heiress who lives with her into marrying her wastrel of a son. Priscilla helps the young woman and the expected happy endings materialise.