The gate clicked and she was there. She had never looked so frail, so provocative; she had never been more purposeful or less desirous of admiration. They went in. Lily was genuinely pleased; after the rambling ruin at home, impossible to keep in order even for more industrious hands than hers, the compact, neat little home was delightful. She thought how easy the work would be. She was not meant for the hardy magnificence of manual labour. This description...
This is a love story, but so much more! Set in England in the 1800s, for once it's not about lords and ladies and heaving bosoms. It's about the love between a poor farmer's daughter and the young man who comes into her small community. Deborah, the main character, has a much deeper, much wider soul than her lover, Stephen. It's clear to see that he's very young, still trying to figure out who he is and what he wants from...
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