
In the bustling heart of a great English city, a modest home glows with the soft light of an evening fire. Within its walls lives Christian, a thoughtful woman in her thirties whose calm demeanor masks a lingering melancholy as the year draws to a close. The narrative opens on a quiet night, capturing the subtle tension between the external clamor of the streets and the intimate stillness of her solitary room.
As the door cracks open, a chorus of familiar voices dr
Language
en
Duration
~3 hours (200K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1873.
Credits
Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
Release date
2023-10-20
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1828–1897
A hugely popular Victorian novelist and critic, she wrote with remarkable range and speed, turning out fiction, essays, biographies, and supernatural tales across a long career. Her work often brings everyday family life into vivid focus while also making room for mystery, history, and sharp social observation.
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