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A hardcover 1986 reprint ( by Macmillan , London) of anglo-Irish author Maria Edgeworth's novel, Helen ( originally 1834) , in an attarctive gilt finish cover, with illustrations by Chris Hammond .
Edgewear to the covers, a previous owner's name on front endpages, , as well as handwritten 1834 ( year of publication. Frontis has attractive yellow peacock feather design.
Written in 1834, the last and most psychologically powerful novel by Jane Austen's leading rival. Newly orphaned Helen Stanley is urged to share the home of her childhood friend Lady Cecilia. This charming socialite, however, is withholding secrets and soon Helen is drawn into a web of 'white lies' and evasions that threaten not only her hopes for marriage but her very place in society. A fascinating panorama of Britain's political and intellectual elite in the early 1800s and a gripping romantic drama. Helen was the inspiration for Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters.
