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The Master of Greylands: A Novel

By Mrs. Henry Wood

2020-01-15 19:37:38

Brief Extract: In the heart of the town, where the street was wide and the buildings were good, stood the bank. It was nearly contiguous to the town-hall on the one hand, and to the old church of St. Mark on the other, and was opposite the new market ... Read more
Brief Extract: In the heart of the town, where the street was wide and the buildings were good, stood the bank. It was nearly contiguous to the town-hall on the one hand, and to the old church of St. Mark on the other, and was opposite the new market-house, where the farmers' wives and daughters sat with their butter and poultry. For in those days--many a year ago now--people had not leaped up above their sphere; and the farmers' wives would have thought they were going to ruin outright had anybody but themselves kept market. A very large and handsome house, this bank, the residence of its owner and master, Mr. Peter Castlemaine. Less

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File size439.363 KB
Print pages304
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1296920371
Born in Worcester, The United Kingdom January 17, 1814 Died: February 10, 1887 Genre: Classics Ellen Price Wood was an English novelist, better known as "Mrs Henry Wood". She wrote over 30 novels...

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