Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3): Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3): author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3) is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret) (1828–1897).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3)" by Mrs. Oliphant is a novel published in 1883. When the Vernon family bank nearly collapses, Catherine Vernon uses her fortune to save it. Decades later, young Hester Vernon returns to Redborough as the daughter of the man who caused the crisis. As Hester navigates family tensions, romantic entanglements, and the weight of her father's disgrace, loyalties shift and Edward, Catherine's favored protégé, grows restless with dangerous consequences for the banking house.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3)
- Author credits: Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret) (1828–1897)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Conflict of generations -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- England -- Fiction
- Family-owned business enterprises -- Fiction
- Love stories
- Older women -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
- Women bankers -- Fiction
- Young women -- Fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Novels
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