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100 1 _aSullivan, Arabella Jane,
_d1797?-1839
245 1 0 _aTales of the peerage and the peasantry
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-03-25
508 _aMWS, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
520 _a"Tales of the Peerage and the Peasantry" by Arabella Jane Sullivan is a collection of short stories written in the mid-19th century. The book primarily explores the contrasting lives, values, and relationships of the British aristocracy and the rural lower classes, with a particular focus in its opening tale on themes of duty, loyalty, and arranged marriage. The central narrative in the first story revolves around Lady Winifred, a young noblewoman, as she is guided by familial expectations and political circumstances into a marriage intended to serve both her family's honor and the Jacobite cause. The opening of the book introduces Lady Winifred Herbert, the daughter of a devotedly loyal but exiled Catholic family, raised in a convent following her father's adherence to the Stuart monarchy. After her sister takes religious vows, Winifred is summoned to England by her mother and learns that she is to marry the Earl of Nithsdale, a key Jacobite figure, to strengthen political alliances. The story follows Winifred's emotional journey from innocent apprehension through her dutiful acceptance and eventual affection for her betrothed. The narrative is rich in depictions of family bonds, the burdens of inheritance, and the personal sacrifices demanded by loyalty to king and kin, setting the tone for a tale steeped in history, romance, and the nuanced dynamics of social class. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited Kingdom: Richard Bentley, 1849
653 _aNithsdale, Winifred Maxwell, Countess of, 1672-1749 -- Fiction
700 1 _aDacre, Barbarina, Lady,
_d1767-1854
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/talesofpeerageth00sulluoft/
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75709
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