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British Literature — page 96
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The Armourer's Prentices
Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
An inheritance denied in the New Forest sends two orphaned brothers to Tudor London, where the clatter of the anvil meets the whisper of heresy.
The Castaway: Odd Craft, Part 2
W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
A returned mariner’s tall tale of shipwreck runs aground on his suspicious mother-in-law, who uses a local fortune-teller to expose his presumed secrets with hilarious coastal consequences.
The Disowned
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
A young man cast off by his tyrannical father must navigate the glittering vanity and social squalls of Georgian England to forge his own fortune, honor, and destiny.
The Provost
John Galt
A cagey, ambitious merchant recounts his rise to civic power in a Scottish burgh, offering a masterclass in the quiet art of manipulating both the law and his neighbors for personal and public gain.