Gwendolen
Subtitle: a novel
By: Diana Souhami
Contributors: Eliot, George, 1819-1880
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Series: A Holt paperback; Holt paperback
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781627793407; 9781627793414
Subjects: Social life and customs; Manners and customs; Social classes; NEW LIST 20150531; Fiction
Description: "Gwendolen Harleth, an exceptionally beautiful upper-class Englishwoman, is gambling boldly at a resort when she catches the eye of a handsome, pensive gentleman. His gaze unnerves her, and she loses her winnings. The next day, she learns that her widowed mother and younger sisters, for whom she is financially responsible, have lost their family's fortune. As a young woman in the 1860s with only her looks to serve her, Gwendolen's options are few, so when Henleigh Grandcourt, a wealthy aristocrat, proposes to her, she accepts, despite her discovery of an alarming secret about his past"--Amazon.com.