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A Life's Morning by George Gissing

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A Life's Morning
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Publisher: Smith, Elder & Co.
ISBN/ASIN: 1511809612
Number of pages: 294

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Originally entitled Emily, it tells the story of a poor, yet cultivated, young woman, Emily Hood, from a small town in the north of England. While serving as a governess to a wealthy country family, she becomes enamored of her employer's son, Wilfrid Athel, and the two are engaged. However, during a visit to her parents' home, she is confronted by her father's employer, Dagworthy, who threatens to expose her father as a thief unless Emily marries him.

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