Title: The Belton estate
First published: 1866
Description: Following a family tragedy, the home of Clara Amedroz passes to a distant cousin, the farmer Will Belton. Clara rejects his proposal of marriage in favour of the dull MP, Captain Aylmer. The theme of the novel is the difficulty of being a spirited woman in a world made for men.
Subjects: Fiction, Inheritance and succession, English fiction, Man-woman relationships, Social life and customs, Manners and customs, England, fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Poor women, Fiction, romance, general
Places: Somerset (England), England, Somerset
Time periods: 19th century