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Lady Rose and Mrs. Memmary

by Ruby Ferguson · 1937

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The Countess of Lochlule marries Sir Hector, owner of the estate next to 'Keepsfield', the palatial Scottish mansion where she lives. But one day she meets someone on a park bench in Edinburgh. This novel is about dreams and the hard world of money and position and their relations to one another.

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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 223 pages

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