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The chaplain gave such a start as made him drop his shovel hat. "Mistress!" And this was she-this fine young creature who was tall and grandly enough built and knit to seem a radiant being even when clad in masculine attire. He picked up his hat and bowed so low that it almost... Read Full Overview

A Lady of Quality By Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Lady of Quality follows the evolution of the character of Clorinda Wildairs. The latter is a rebellious young girl whose mother dies and leaves her to be brought up by the family's servants. The story is set in late-seventeenth-century England under... Read Full Overview

A Lady of Quality by Frances Hodgson Burnett

From the author of the children's classics The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy comes this richly atmospheric novel for adults about a tempestuous heroine in the days of Queen Anne.
Sir Jeoffry Wildairs is disappointed once again with... Read Full Overview

A Lady of Quality is a novel published in 1896 by Frances Hodgson Burnett that was the second highest best-selling book in the United States in 1896. It was the first of series of successful historical novels by Burnett. In addition to a play version of the novel, which debuted... Read Full Overview

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 - 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885-1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).

Frances... Read Full Overview

On a wintry morning at the close of 1690, the sun shining faint and red through a light fog, there was a great noise of baying dogs, loud voices, and trampling of horses in the courtyard at Wildairs Hall; Sir Jeoffry being about to go forth a-hunting, and being a man with a choleric... Read Full Overview

A Lady of Quality, written by legendary author Frances Hodgson Burnett is widely considered to be one of the greatest books of all time. This great classic will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, A Lady of Quality is required reading for various courses... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

A Lady of Quality is a novel written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, published in 1896. The story is set in the 17th century in England and follows the life of Clorinda Wildairs, a young woman who is determined to break free from the constraints of her social class and live life... Read Full Overview

A Lady of Quality is a romance by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published in 1896 that became the second highest-selling novel in the U.S that year.It is 1690, and another baby girl is born to Sir Jeoffrey Wildairs. Undismayed at the news of his wife's death in childbirth, he... Read Full Overview

A Lady of Quality is a novel published in 1896 by Frances Hodgson Burnett that was the second highest best-selling book in the United States in 1896.[1] It was the first of series of successful historical novels by Burnett.