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Bennett [1867-1931] said he was inspired to write this historical novel when he saw an elderly lady in a cafe and wondered how her life had been lived and what she was like when sh e was young. The novel is about two very different sisters who grew up in mid-Victorian times in southern England, lived their separate lives, and reunited in old age. First published in 1908 to much acclaim, and pronounced by H. G. Wells to be "the finest long novel written in English and in the English style." Book is sturdy and clean but has a sticker from being previously owned by an English Department and some marginilia. The Modern Library, New York. 1911. Hb. USED. $6.00 Show more