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A Strange World: A Novel. Volume 2 (of 3)

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The second volume continues the narrative at Penwyn Manor as an outsider arrives, listens to the housekeeper recount the heir’s death, and studies family portraits and memories. It follows small journeys to neighboring farms and a coastal village, bringing the visitor into contact with servants and local figures, including Elspeth. Detailed domestic scenes and landscape descriptions underscore tensions of memory, duty, and constrained social life, while quiet interactions and revelations about the household’s past set the stage for unfolding consequences.

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Title: A Strange World: A Novel. Volume 2 (of 3)

Author: M. E. Braddon

Release date: February 21, 2019 [eBook #58929]

Language: English

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A STRANGE WORLD

A Novel
BY THE AUTHOR OF
‘LADY AUDLEY’S SECRET’
ETC. ETC. ETC.
IN THREE VOLUMES
VOL. II.
LONDON
JOHN MAXWELL AND CO.
4, SHOE LANE, FLEET STREET
1875
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