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100 1 _aPayne, Dutton
245 1 0 _aMistress Penwick
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
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 2004-05-01
508 _aProduced by Juliet Sutherland, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
520 _a"Mistress Penwick" by Dutton Payne is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story follows Katherine Penwick, a young woman who has been raised in the Ursuline convent and is now being thrust into the complexities of societal life and duties upon leaving for England. As Katherine embarks on this new chapter, she is accompanied by her nurse, Janet, who has played a motherly role in her life, and she is to be placed under the guardianship of Lord Cedric of Crandlemar Castle. The themes of love, duty, and the clash between innocence and the outside world appear to be central to the narrative. The opening portion of the book introduces Katherine as she prepares to leave the familiar confines of the convent, filled with a mixture of excitement and apprehension about her new life in England. Janet reveals that Katherine's father has made arrangements for her to live with Lord Cedric, who she humorously notes must be a "cantankerous Scot." The conversations between Janet and Katherine highlight Katherine's naive curiosity about the world beyond convent walls and her youthful disdain for her upcoming guardian, which eventually evolves into a more complex relationship. As they travel to Crandlemar Castle, the narrative sets the stage for Katherine's transformation as she navigates her new identity amid societal expectations and romantic intrigues that await her. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aHistorical fiction
653 _aGreat Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12256
999 _c53674
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