Hester
(2019)
Fiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Naxos Audiobooks, 2019
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EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (20hr., 13 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781781984727 MWT16523398, 1781984727 16523398
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Georgina Sutton
Hester (1883) is a dramatic story of female power and family tensions within Victorian society. Using her own money, Catherine Vernon manages to save the family bank from collapse after her cousin John absconds with some of its money. As the matriarch of Redborough, Catherine is used to commanding authority, but this is challenged with the arrival of John's strong and capable teenage daughter, Hester. Ignorant of her father's conduct, Hester takes against Catherine and a mutual antipathy soon sets in. A masterpiece of domestic realism, the novel is one of Mrs Oliphant's most admired works
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