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Mary Lavelle

by Kate O'Brien · 1936

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The year is 1922 and Mary Lavelle, an Irish girl, leaves her family and fiance in Mellick to become a governess in Spain. Little by little Mary loses her heart to the enchantment of Spain. And when she meets Juanito, the married son of the household, she loses her heart to him.

Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of thisSpainSpainMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 368 pages

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