The Belton Estate
Original title: The Belton estate
first published 1866 Penguin Classics, 1994 448 pages
Following a family tragedy, the home of Clara Amedroz passes to a distant cousin, the farmer Will Belton. Clara rejects his proposal of marriage in favour of the dull MP, Captain Aylmer. The theme of the novel is the difficulty of being a spirited woman in a world made for men.
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