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A Lady of Quality: Being a Most Curious, Hitherto Unknown History, as Related by Mr. Isaac Bickerstaff but Not Presented to the World of Fashion Through the Pages of The Tatler, and Now for the First Time Written Down

Name: A Lady of Quality: Being a Most Curious, Hitherto Unknown History, as Related by Mr. Isaac Bickerstaff but Not Presented to the World of Fashion Through the Pages of The Tatler, and Now for the First Time Written Down
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Level C1 · AdvancedHistorical25 chapters

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In a turbulent 1690 countryside, a harsh nobleman faces the birth of yet another child amid his bitter resentment and strained marriage, while a mysterious old nurse brings urgent news from his troubled wife—hinting at secrets that could unravel their fragile world.

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25 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

01A LADY OF QUALITY · Ch.1Free

02CHAPTER I—The twenty-fourth day of November 1690

03CHAPTER II—In which Sir Jeoffry encounters his offspring

04CHAPTER III—Wherein Sir Jeoffry’s boon companions drink a toast

05CHAPTER IV—Lord Twemlow’s chaplain visits his patron’s kinsman, and Mistress…

06CHAPTER V—“Not I,” said she. “There thou mayst trust me. I would not be found out.”

07CHAPTER VI—Relating how Mistress Anne discovered a miniature

08CHAPTER VII—’Twas the face of Sir John Oxon the moon shone upon

09CHAPTER VIII—Two meet in the deserted rose garden, and the old Earl of Dunstanwolde is…

10CHAPTER IX—“I give to him the thing he craves with all his soul—myself”

11CHAPTER X—“Yes—I have marked him”

12CHAPTER XI—Wherein a noble life comes to an end

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