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Book, 2002
Current format, Book, 2002, 2002 Modern Library paperback edition, Available .
Book, 2002
Current format, Book, 2002, 2002 Modern Library paperback edition, Available . Offered in 0 more formats
John Harmon returns to England as his father's heir. Believed drowned under suspicious circumstances--a situation convenient to his wish for anonymity--John evaluates Bella Wilfer whom he must marry to secure his inheritance. The story is filled with colorful Victorian characters and incidents -- the faded aristocrats and parvenus gathered at the Veneering's dinner table, Betty Higden and her terror of the workhouse and the greedy plottings of Silas Wegg. A comprehensive and penetrating account of Victorian society stiffled by materialism.
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