02360cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000410011324500190015426400510017330000470022433600260027133700260029733800360032350000310035950802090039052012460059953400450184565300370189065300170192765300300194485600430197499900170201757099UtSlPG20260610134321.0mcr n260607r2018||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aBurnett, Frances Hodgson,d1849-192410aMiss Crespigny 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2018  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2018-05-06  aE-text prepared by Mary Glenn Krause, Wayne Hammond, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)  a"Miss Crespigny" by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the enigmatic Lisbeth Crespigny, a young woman with a complex personality and a tumultuous past, navigating relationships and societal expectations in her quest for independence and self-discovery. The book introduces her interactions with figures such as her patroness, Mrs. Despard, and Hector Anstruthers, who is linked to her history through a former engagement that she now dismisses.  At the start of the story, we meet Lisbeth as she expresses a sense of restlessness and dissatisfaction with social gatherings, showcasing her self-aware and somewhat rebellious nature. She has recently left her sheltered life with her aunts and is now living with Mrs. Despard. The narrative captures her sharp wit and striking beauty, hints at her emotional struggles, and sets the stage for her encounters with Anstruthers, who has matured since their last meeting. Lisbeth's conflicting feelings about her past, her self-image, and her influence over those around her are explored as she interacts with various characters and prepares for potential confrontations with her former life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aAmerican fiction -- 19th century  aLove stories  aRomance fiction, American40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57099  c97930d97930