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LAVINIA - CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
Lavinia Carew is a quick‑witted young woman whose bright eyes shine even on a day when England celebrates a military triumph. As the streets fill with Union Jacks, she meets her elder friend, Mrs. Prince, in a modest parlor where laughter and gossip mingle with an undercurrent of uneasy tension. Their banter—sharp, playful, and peppered with the era’s colloquialisms—reveals a bond forged over shared confidences and the small dramas of everyday life.
Beneath the festive clamor, Lavinia carries a secret that has knotted her thoughts into a painful knot. She confides in Mrs. Prince a personal disgrace that has left her husband stone‑cold and the household strained, while a daring companion, Feo, threatens to stir the quiet façade even further. The opening paints a vivid portrait of a society balancing public triumphs with private turmoil, inviting listeners to step into a world where loyalty, rumor, and hidden shame begin to surface.
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (435K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902.
Credits
Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2024-01-21
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1840–1920
A bestselling Welsh novelist and short story writer, she delighted Victorian readers with witty, spirited heroines and a taste for the dramatic. Her early “sensation” novels made her famous, but her work also shows sharp humor and a lively feel for social life.
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