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Ovington's Bank

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Set in an English county town, the narrative follows the lives of a provincial bank’s staff, their families, and the local gentry as market days, coach arrivals, and domestic visits reveal loyalties, ambitions, and unease. Told in episodic chapters, the story moves between the bank, inns, family houses, and surrounding countryside, portraying social rituals, rural commerce, and the strains of reputation and money. Interactions among neighbors, inheritances, and personal obligations gradually expose shifting fortunes and quiet tensions, while concise scenes blend humor, observation, and moral pressure to chart how community expectations shape individual choices.

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Title: Ovington's Bank

Author: Stanley John Weyman

Release date: February 26, 2012 [eBook #38990]
Most recently updated: June 9, 2021

Language: English

Credits: Charles Bowen

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OVINGTON’S BANK

BY THE SAME AUTHOR


THE HOUSE OF THE WOLF

THE NEW RECTOR

THE STORY OF FRANCIS CLUDDE

A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE

THE MAN IN BLACK

UNDER THE RED ROBE

MY LADY ROTHA

MEMOIRS OF A MINISTER OF FRANCE

THE RED COCKADE

SHREWSBURY

THE CASTLE INN

SOPHIA

COUNT HANNIBAL

IN KINGS’ BYWAYS

THE LONG NIGHT

THE ABBESS OF VLAYE

STARVECROW FARM

CHIPPINGE

LAID UP IN LAVENDER

THE WILD GEESE

THE GREAT HOUSE