A Valiant Ignorance; vol. 3 of 3 / A Novel in Three Volumes

Name: A Valiant Ignorance; vol. 3 of 3 / A Novel in Three Volumes
Author: Mary Angela Dickens

By Mary Angela Dickens

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The novel follows the intersecting lives of Marston Loring, the reserved Alfred Ramsay, and the eager young Julian Romayne as they plot a private speculation centered on a diamond-mining company, using insider information to manipulate share prices. Against a backdrop of fashionable entertainments and carefully staged garden scenes, family reputations and hidden pasts complicate alliances and ambitions. Social display, financial opportunism, and the contrast between outward charm and calculated design drive character interactions, exposing youthful impulsiveness and guarded calculation while unfolding a web of arrangement, secrecy, and the risks inherent in speculative enterprise.

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Mary Angela Dickens

Mary Angela Dickens was a British novelist and the daughter of the renowned author Charles Dickens. She is best known for her work "A Valiant Ignorance," a three-volume novel that explores themes of social class and personal integrity. Her writing reflects the influences of her father's literary legacy while also showcasing her unique voice and perspective. Dickens contributed to the literary landscape of her time, engaging with the complexities of Victorian society. Despite being overshadowed by her father's fame, her works offer valuable insights into the era's social dynamics and the role of women in literature.