Excerpt from Like and Unlike: A Novel
Coma, Matilda, do now, like a dear, ood girl, let me fix you a little before you go down to tea. Our hair is all in a tangle, and this collar is all rumpled u and your dress! How it does look! I do believe some 0 the hooks are of turn round, and let me see.
Without reply, Miss Matilda Sterling, who had been stand ing face to face near her g'ood-natured nurse, and looking at her with a quizzical, but by no means ill-tempered, cast of countenance, while the above harrangue was being delivered, turned quickly round, and seemed qtiite as willing to have -the inspection made as though conscious that all had been right in that quarter.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book introduces readers to the lives of two women living in the same period but very different contexts. It is a story of wealth and poverty, status and servitude, illusion and reality, and the fragility of family bonds. Matilda Sterling, the wealthy, young belle of the family, and James, a young man from the country who has come to work for her family, develop an unexpected bond. The author explores how societal expectations and personal desires intertwine through the lives of these two young people in a thought-provoking and poignant way. The story provides a fascinating look into the complexities of family life, social class, and the search for love and fulfillment in a rapidly changing world. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781528107495_0
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