The Heir of Redclyffe

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Original publication date

1854

People/Characters

Sir Guy Morville; Amy Edmonstone; Laura Edmonstone; Philip Morville

First words

The drawing-room of Hollywell House was one of the favoured apartments, where a peculiar air of home seems to reside, whether seen in the middle of summer, all its large windows open to the garden, or, as when our story comme... (show all)nces, its bright fire and stands of fragrant green-house plants contrasted with the wintry fog and leafless trees of November.

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Still there was one who never could understand why others should think him stern and severe, and why even his own children should look up to him with love that partook of distant awe and respect, one to whom he never was otherwise than indulgent, nay, almost reverential, in the gentleness of his kindness, and that was Mary Verena Morville.