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The Great House

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The story opens with a young woman in a cold attic dormitory in Paris and follows her return to England and involvement with a landed household and its inhabitants. A cast including John Audley, Peter, Toft, My Lord, and others become entangled in local politics culminating in an election and the Corn Law crisis, exposing social tensions and conflicting loyalties. The narrative mixes romance, intrigue, and class conflict through disappearances, daring rescues, mistaken or hidden identities, and discoveries such as the Audley Bible and a deed of renunciation. Ultimately private sacrifices and public actions force characters to reassess duty, affection, and self-determination, producing reconciliations and new positions within the great house and community.

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Title: The Great House

Author: Stanley John Weyman

Release date: March 28, 2012 [eBook #39294]
Most recently updated: June 16, 2021

Language: English

Credits: Charles Bowen

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THE GREAT HOUSE

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