02201cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000310011324500300014426400510017430000470022533600260027233700260029833800360032450000310036050801000039152011300049153400450162165300390166665300240170565300310172965300430176085600430180399900170184633257UtSlPG20260610133747.0mcr n260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aMarshall, Emma,d1830-189910aUnder the Mendips: A Tale 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2010 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aRelease date is 2010-07-25 aProduced by Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net a"Under the Mendips: A Tale" by Emma Marshall is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. Set in the early 1830s, the story revolves around the daily lives and struggles of the Falconer family, particularly focusing on Joyce Falconer, a spirited young girl who epitomizes the innocence and joys of rural life while grappling with the complexities of family expectations and societal change. At the start of the tale, we are introduced to Fair Acres Manor, a pastoral haven under the Mendip Hills, where Joyce's idyllic life unfolds. As the narrative introduces her interactions with her father, Squire Falconer, and her brothers, it paints a vivid picture of their contrasts and conflicts—including her brother Melville's aspirations to break free from the family farm life. The opening chapters establish not only Joyce's character as she revels in nature and family but also hint at the underlying tensions related to social expectations and the family's status, setting the stage for deeper explorations of familial bonds and societal shifts in the story ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nOriginal publication data not identified aCountry life -- England -- Fiction aFamilies -- Fiction aWells (England) -- Fiction aRiots -- England -- Bristol -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33257 c74103d74103