Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3) by Mrs. Oliphant
"Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3)" by Mrs. Oliphant is a novel published in 1883. When the Vernon family bank nearly collapses, Catherine Vernon uses her fortune to save it. Decades later, young Hester Vernon returns to Redborough as the daughter of the man who caused the crisis. As Hester navigates family tensions, romantic entanglements, and the weight of her father's disgrace, loyalties shift and Edward, Catherine's favored
protégé, grows restless with dangerous consequences for the banking house. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828-1897 |
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| Title | Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3) |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hester_(novel) |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Psychological fiction |
| Subject | Young women -- Fiction |
| Subject | Love stories |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | Family-owned business enterprises -- Fiction |
| Subject | Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Older women -- Fiction |
| Subject | Conflict of generations -- Fiction |
| Subject | Women bankers -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 48197 |
| Release Date | Feb 8, 2015 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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