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100	1		_aRiddell, J. H., Mrs., _d1832-1906
245	1	4	_aThe moors and the fens, volume 1 (of 3)
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2026-02-14
508			_aRichard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520			_a"The moors and the fens, volume 1 (of 3)" by Mrs. J. H. Riddell is a novel written in the mid-19th century. It appears to weave an interlinked family and society drama across the bleak Lincolnshire fens, bustling London, and the Scottish Highlands, exploring avarice, ambition, and the cost of freedom. The cast includes the silent, brooding Ernest Ivraine, his impulsive brother Henry, a miserly baronet-father, a polished but unscrupulous city clerk, and a sensitive Scottish child, Mina. Expect a story of inheritance, moral testing, and hard-won independence set against vividly drawn landscapes. The opening of the book contrasts stark settings and fates. First, in the desolate Lincolnshire “Paradise,” miser Sir Ernest Ivraine starves his household of warmth and hope; his elder son Ernest endures in silence, while his younger son Henry rebels, vowing to leave and even enlist as a private rather than wither at home. A bitter clash over a tailor’s bill lays bare the father’s cruelty; before dawn, Henry bids Ernest a wrenching farewell and departs, while Ernest stays to guard the family’s uncertain prospects. The scene then shifts to London, introducing Alfred Westwood, a vain, capable clerk who once went bankrupt and shrewdly saved himself by persuading an insurance office to find him work; he escorts Mrs. Frazer and her children to her wealthy brother’s house. The narrative next moves to Loch Lomond, where Mina, an intense, precocious child, struggles with faith and fear as her beloved father dies, and her austere uncle tries to steady her. After the funeral, ruin follows death: Mrs. Frazer refuses a quiet Scottish life, resolves to seek support in London, and plans to reshape Mina in city schools, while her uncle pleads—vainly—to keep the fragile girl amid the hills. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cLondon: Smith, Elder and Co., 1858
653			_aGreat Britain -- Fiction
856	4		_uhttps://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100004999?type%5B%5D=title&lookfor%5B%5D=The%20Moors%20and%20the%20Fens
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77931
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