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100	1		_aPonsonby, Emily, Lady, _d1817-1877
245	1	0	_aViolet Osborne, Volume 1 (of 3)
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2026-02-20
508			_aMWS, PrimeNumber, 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"Violet Osborne, Volume 1 (of 3)" by Lady Emily Ponsonby is a novel written in the mid-19th century. It follows Violet Osborne, a celebrated and high-spirited young woman, her worldly cousin Albert Ellis, and the reserved barrister John Leicester, whose life is ruled by duty to his five sisters. The book explores kindness, vanity, social performance, and the quiet heroism and pain of diffidence within London drawing-room life. The opening of the novel presents Violet on her birthday, already a natural leader who gracefully puts others first, as an old family friend observes her charm and goodness while Albert jokes and preens. Two years later, a plan to visit the Royal Academy brings Violet into indirect contact with John Leicester, whose preference for an unassuming biblical painting and whose portrait suggest depth beneath shyness; their first dinner confirms his awkward reserve and his nervous habit of crafting tiny paper creatures. We then learn Leicester’s history: after his father’s death he became guardian to five very different sisters, living frugally and selflessly, which has deepened both his gravity and his social reticence. Violet, seized by a benevolent “mania” to draw him out, invites him to the theatre, notices his interest in verses about the “dumb” soul, and asks to befriend his sisters. Her calls and gifts delight the household—especially the more frivolous Henrietta and Jessie—while Rachel, the thoughtful, lame sister, quietly reveals Leicester’s hidden talents. When Leicester thanks Violet but cautions her not to spoil his sisters or overdo kindness, a gentle tension emerges between her ardent generosity and his protective humility. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cLondon: Hurst & Blackett, 1865
653			_aGreat Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/violetosborne01pons https://archive.org/details/violetosborne02pons https://archive.org/details/violetosborne03pons
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77990
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