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The Kitchen Maid

by Valerie Wood · 2004

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Jenny Graham leaves her home in Hull and applies for work as a kitchen maid at the home of the Ingram family. Here, she meets and falls in love with Christy, the only son of the family, whose parents have high hopes of him marrying well in order to save their own impoverished livelihood. Christy wants them to run away together and hatches a secret, dangerous plan which goes tragically wrong and leaves Jenny on a charge of murder.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
classclassMore like thisLess of this
Setting
EnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 409 pages

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