Description
When Bella Rolleston’s father dies, she is left penniless and thrust into the precarious world of paid labor, taking work as a governess while trying to secure her future. As she navigates employers, social expectations, and the shifting rules of respectability, the novel becomes a sharp study of how money—earned, inherited, or pursued—reshapes character and choice. Blending the momentum of a sensational narrative with the close observation of a business novel, it probes the ambiguities of commerce and trade and asks what “wealth” truly costs. With Charlotte Riddell’s incisive, socially alert storytelling, Bella’s struggle turns into a wider portrait of ambition, vulnerability, and the relentless race for security in a changing economy.
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paperback
Adamant Media Corporation
Published Jan 1, 1866
322 pages
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First Published
1866
Language
eng
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