The Coryston Family

By Mrs. Humphry Ward

Book Overview

The Coryston Family is a novel written by Mrs. Humphry Ward. The story revolves around the Coryston family, who are wealthy and influential in society. The family members are depicted as complex and flawed individuals, with their own personal struggles and ambitions. The patriarch of the family, Lord Coryston, is a conservative politician who is determined to maintain the status quo. However, his daughter, Sybell, is a social reformer who is passionate about improving the lives of the working class. The novel explores the tensions and conflicts that arise within the family as they navigate their differing beliefs and values. Along the way, the characters confront issues such as class, gender, and political power. The Coryston Family is a thought-provoking and engaging novel that offers a glimpse into the complexities of Victorian society.For she had come down to find the whole neighborhood in a ferment, and many pleasant illusions, in the shelter of which she had walked for years, both before and since her husband's death, questioned, at least, and cracking, if not shattered. That the Corystons were model landlords, that they enjoyed a feudal popularity among their tenants and laborers, was for Lady Coryston one of the axioms on which life was based. She despised people who starved their estates, let their repairs go, and squeezed the last farthing out of their tenants. Nor had she any sympathy with people who owned insanitary cottages. It had been her fond belief that she at least possessed none.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419157701
• ISBN13: 9781419157707
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.9"