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Lover or Friend

Chapter 141: THE NEW CRANFORD SERIES
By Rosa Nouchette Carey
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The novel follows a provincial household whose everyday balance is directed by a dominant elder daughter while younger relatives pursue impulsive pleasures and attachments. Romantic misunderstandings, moral dilemmas, and social expectations lead to separation, sacrifice, and a temporary exile, while another character reluctantly assumes guardianship and responsibility. Quiet domestic scenes alternate with moments of crisis and confrontation as family members wrestle with duty, love, and the need for atonement. Through setbacks and reconciliations the narrative traces how forgiveness and steadfastness restore relationships and reestablish the household's moral order.

  • Headlong Hall, and Nightmare Abbey.
  • Maid Marian, and Crotchet Castle.
  • Gryll Grange.
  • Melincourt.
  • Misfortunes of Elphin and Rhododaphne.

BY VARIOUS AUTHORS

  • Westward Ho! By Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by C. E. Brock.
  • Handy Andy. By Samuel Lover. Illustrated by H. M. Brock. With Introduction by Charles Whibley.
  • Annals of the Parish. By John Galt. Illustrated By C. E. Brock. With Introduction by Alfred Ainger.
  • Sybil, or The Two Nations, Etc. By Benjamin Disraeli. Illustrated by F. Pegram. With Introduction by H. D. Traill.
  • Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. By James Morier. Illustrated by H. R. Millar. With Introduction by Lord Curzon.

THE NEW CRANFORD SERIES

Crown 8vo, Cloth Elegant, Gilt Edges, 3s. 6d. per volume.
  • Cranford. By Mrs. Gaskell. With Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and 100 Illustrations by Hugh Thomson.
  • The Vicar of Wakefield. With 182 Illustrations by Hugh Thomson, and Preface by Austin Dobson.
  • Our Village. By Mary Russell Mitford. Introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie, and 100 Illustrations by Hugh Thomson.
  • Gulliver's Travels. With Introduction by Sir Henry Craik, K.C.B., and 100 Illustrations by C. E. Brock.
  • The Humorous Poems of Thomas Hood. With Preface by Alfred Ainger, and 130 Illustrations by C. E. Brock.
  • Sheridan's The School for Scandal and The Rivals. Illustrated by E. J. Sullivan. With Introduction by A. Birrell.
  • Household Stories. By the Brothers Grimm. Translated by Lucy Crane. With Pictures by Walter Crane.
  • Reynard the Fox. Edited by J. Jacobs. With Illustrations by W. Frank Calderon.
  • Coaching Days and Coaching Ways. By W. Outram Tristram. With Illustrations by H. Railton and Hugh Thomson.
  • Coridon's Song; and other Verses. With Introduction by Austin Dobson and Illustrations by Hugh Thomson.
  • The Fables of Æsop. Selected by Joseph Jacobs. Illustrated by R. Heighway.
  • Old Christmas. By Washington Irving. With Illustrations by R. Caldecott.
  • Bracebridge Hall. With Illustrations by R. Caldecott.
  • Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. With 50 Illustrations and a Preface by George H. Boughton, A.R.A.
  • The Alhambra. With Illustrations by J. Pennell and Introduction by E. R. Pennell.
MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd., LONDON.
J. PALMER, PRINTER, CAMBRIDGE.   20.4.16

Transcriber's Note:

Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Inconsistent hyphenation has been retained as it appears in the original.