The River
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In rural Devon, a self-made farmer has risen from poverty to independence and holds the ancient local office of Portreeve. His future seems secure when the woman he loves agrees to marry him. But their happiness stirs jealousy in others, and two people with reasons of their own to keep the couple apart discover that suspicion can be a powerful weapon.
An old scandal, long dismissed, is revived and reshaped through rumor and carefully chosen lies. In a close rural community where reputation matters and religious convictions run deep, doubt spreads quickly. Trust begins to give way under the pressure of gossip, pride, and social difference, threatening not only a marriage but several lives bound together by love and resentment. First published in 1906, this Dartmoor novel explores the fragile line between belief and evidence, and the damage that follows when private desire joins forces with public judgment.
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