Description
A Country Gentleman and His Family follows Theodore Warrender as he goes up to Oxford with high hopes, only to find that ambition, expectation, and personal loss can reshape a life as powerfully as any degree. Set against the rhythms of country life, the story turns to the Courtenay family—headed by a well-meaning but rigid patriarch—where love, duty, and misunderstanding collide in moments of quiet domestic consequence and sudden emotional crisis. Through grief and tragedy, the novel explores how class, inheritance, and moral responsibility influence the choices people make when the future breaks. With Margaret Oliphant’s keen eye for social detail and her humane, psychologically attentive storytelling, this is a compelling study of family bonds under strain and the resilience required to endure what cannot be undone.
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paperback
Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published Jan 1, 1886
596 pages
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First Published
1886
Language
eng
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