The Heir of Redclyffe (1854)

by Charlotte M. Yonge

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Classic Literature. Fiction. HTML: Sir Guy Morville lives his Christian values in everything he does, in order to overcome his inherited temper and willfulness. He comes under the guardianship of the Edmonstone family, and as he works his way into their lives and hearts he also stirs the jealousy of their cousin. His absolute dedication to doing and being everything good bring about tragedy and the transformation of all those around him. .… (more)

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excruciatingly boring romance; I bought it for the illustrations (

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Greenaway, Kate	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Everyman's Library (362)

Novels and Tales by Charlotte Mary Yonge (I)

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Amabel and Mary Verena : an epilogue by Susan Emily Christian Hicks Beach

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The drawing-room of Hollywell House was one of the favoured apartments, where a peculiar air of home seems to reside, whether seen in the middle of summer, all its large windows open to the garden, or, as when our story commences, its bright fire and stands of fragrant green-house plants contrasted with the wintry fog and leafless trees of November.

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Classic Literature. Fiction. HTML:

Sir Guy Morville lives his Christian values in everything he does, in order to overcome his inherited temper and willfulness. He comes under the guardianship of the Edmonstone family, and as he works his way into their lives and hearts he also stirs the jealousy of their cousin. His absolute dedication to doing and being everything good bring about tragedy and the transformation of all those around him.

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