TY - BOOK AU - Oliphant,Mrs TI - Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 3 (of 3) AV - PR PY - 2015/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - England -- Fiction KW - Psychological fiction KW - Young women -- Fiction KW - Love stories KW - Domestic fiction KW - Family-owned business enterprises -- Fiction KW - Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction KW - Older women -- Fiction KW - Conflict of generations -- Fiction KW - Women bankers -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hester_(novel); Release date is 2015-02-08; Produced by Delphine Lettau, Dianne Nolan, and the team at Distributed Proofreaders Canada; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 3 (of 3)" by Mrs. Oliphant is a novel published in 1883. The story follows the Vernon family and their banking house across generations. When young Hester returns to Redborough, she encounters Catherine Vernon, the formidable woman who once saved the family bank from ruin. As romantic entanglements develop and business tensions rise, the sins of Hester's father cast long shadows. Edward's growing discontent with Catherine threatens everything, leading to betrayal that forces unexpected alliances to preserve the Vernon legacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48199 ER -