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100 1 _aCroker, B. M.
_q(Bithia Mary),
_d1849?-1920
245 1 0 _aHer own people
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2025-02-18
508 _aMWS, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"Her Own People" by B. M. Croker is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds in Homburg, Germany, as it introduces the main characters, Sir Horace Haig and his nephew, Captain Malcolm Haig, who navigate the social intricacies of spa town life. The narrative hints at themes of love, marriage, and social status, particularly as Sir Horace is keen on finding a wealthy bride for his handsome but financially straitened nephew, setting the stage for romantic entanglements. At the start of the book, we witness a lively exchange between Sir Horace and Captain Haig, highlighting their contrasting personalities and the pressures of social expectations. As they stroll through the beautiful surroundings of Homburg, Uncle Horace jovially promotes the idea of Malcolm marrying a wealthy heiress, specifically eyeing Miss Chandos, a beautiful and rich young woman introduced through Madame de Godez, her adoptive aunt. The interactions set up a complicated social dynamic, where class and wealth play crucial roles in relationships, foreshadowing potential conflicts and romantic developments as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Hurst and Blackett, 1903
653 _aYoung women -- Fiction
653 _aIndia -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Fiction
653 _aAnglo-Indians -- Fiction
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/herownpeople00crok
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75402
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