Description
In this mid-Victorian novel, Oswald Cray draws readers into a world where private choices and public pressures collide, revealing how quickly fortunes can rise or collapse. Set against the realities of working life—particularly the decline of the Worcester glove trade—the story follows lives shaped by industry, hardship, and the moral consequences of ambition and compromise. With her characteristic blend of narrative momentum and purposeful social observation, the author explores themes of good and evil, sympathy for ordinary people, and the “two paths” that determine a person’s fate. Written in a brisk, newspaper-like style, the book offers a serious, sensation-tinged drama that departs from the author’s usual humor while still aiming to both engage and elevate the reader.
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Published Jan 1, 1866
532 pages
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First Published
1864
Language
eng
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