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The Manchester Marriage 😱😱😱 Almost like something written by Mary Elizabeth Braddon!!

Read “My French Master,” a surprisingly touching and layered story of a French nobleman who escapes to England from the Reign of Terror, and who befriends the narrator’s family through becoming a French instructor to her and her sister. Gives keen insight into what life would have been like as a displaced French nobleman at the time of the Revolution. Really compelling!

2 stories left in this collection.

Finished “Morton Hall”. A compelling read. And I just loved this hysterical quote:

“Ethelinda always maintained that the long chapters in the Bible which were all names, were geography; and though I knew well enough they were not, yet I had forgotten what the right word was, so I let her alone; for one hard word did as well as another.” 🤣🤣🤣

So far I’ve read The Moorland Cottage, The Sexton’s Hero, Christmas Storms and Sunshine, The Well of Pen-Morfa, and The Heart of John Middleton from this collection. All have been absolutely first rate! Gaskell is a wonderful short story writer! Now on to Morton Hall.