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A tragic affair blooms between a working-class orphan and a wealthy rake in this classic novel of Victorian England. Although Ruth Hilton is kind, life does not treat her kindly in return.

The women of an English country village star in this Victorian classic that inspired a BBC series, from the author of North and South.

A tale of love, class, and murder during the era of the trade-union movement in nineteenth-century England, from the author of North and South.

Secrets and scandals steer a young woman's life as she comes of age and finds love in Victorian England.