Narrated by Maureen O'Brien. Release date supplied by publisher. Recording originally produced by BBC Audiobooks Ltd., p1994, 2010.
Summary:
A sensitive young woman marries a bitter, despotic scholar 30 years her senior, who lives just long enough to blight her spirit. She inherits his fortune, only to learn she will forfeit it if she marries her husband's young cousin, whom she loves. Blackmail soon complicates the plot in this timeless work which explores marriage, death, vocation, and the power of circumstances to alter the fates of those who struggle to find fulfillment within the confines of 19th century society.
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