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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

The Carissima is a novel written by Lucas Malet, first published in 1896. The story is set in the late 19th century and follows the life of a young woman named Carissima, who is born into a wealthy and privileged family. Despite her privileged upbringing, Carissima is a thoughtful... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

The Carissima is a novel written by Lucas Malet, originally published in 1896. The story is set in the late 19th century and follows the life of a young woman named Rachel West, who is the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Rachel is engaged to a man named Guy Dawnay, but she... Read Full Overview

Lucas Malet was the pseudonym of Mary St Leger Kingsley (4 June 1852 - 1931), a Victorian novelist. Of her novels, The Wages of Sin (1891) and The History of Sir Richard Calmady (1901) were especially popular. Malet scholar Talia Schaffer notes that she was "widely regarded as... Read Full Overview

""The Carissima"" is a novel by Lucas Malet that tells the story of a young woman named Cicely Japhet who is orphaned at a young age and sent to live with her wealthy aunt in Italy. There, she falls in love with a young artist named Lippo, but their relationship is cut short... Read Full Overview