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Deerbrook

Harriet Martineau

1892244 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1892
first published
  • 1859Smith, Elder, and Co. · 523 pages · ENG
  • 1859E. Moxon · 541 pages · ENG
  • 1983Virago Press · 523 pages · ENGISBN 9780860683490
  • 1984Dial Press · 523 pages · ENGISBN 9780385279796
  • 2020Outlook Verlag · 518 pagesISBN 9783752435955
  • 2005Penguin Classics · 656 pages · ENGISBN 9780141439396
  • 2013Simon & Brown · 602 pagesISBN 9781613824856
  • 2014Createspace Independent Publishing Platform · 244 pagesISBN 9781499604948

When the Ibbotson sisters, Hester and Margaret, arrive at the village of Deerbrook to stay with their cousin Mr Grey and his wife, speculation is rife that one of them might marry the local apothecary Edward Hope. Although he is immediately attracted to Margaret, Hope is ultimately persuaded to marry the beautiful Hester. The unhappiness of their marriage is compounded when a malicious village gossip accuses Hope of grave-robbing.

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