"staid and narrow-minded. The Clares have long hoped that Angel would marry Mercy Chant, a pious schoolmistress, but Angel argues that a wife who knows farm life would be a more practical choice. He tells his parents about Tess, and they agree to meet her. His father, the Reverend James Clare, tells Angel about his efforts to convert the local populace, mentioning his failure to tame a young miscreant named Alec d'Urberville. Angel returns to Talbothays Dairy and asks Tess to marry him. This puts Tess in a painful dilemma: Angel obviously thinks her a virgin, and she shrinks from"
"her past is not known. She works for Mr. and Mrs. Crick as a milkmaid at Talbothays Dairy. There, she befriends three of her fellow milkmaids, Izz, Retty, and Marian, and meets again Angel Clare, now an apprentice farmer who has come to Talbothays to learn dairy management. Although the other milkmaids are in love with him, Angel singles out Tess, and the two fall in love. Angel spends a few days away from the dairy, visiting his family at Emminster. His brothers Felix and Cuthbert, both ordained Church of England ministers, note Angel's coarsened manners, while Angel considers them"
"parried by Tess. In time he rapes her. Tess returns home and soon discovers she is pregnant. She is angry with her mother for placing her at risk when she knew so little of the cruelness of the world. The baby is born sickly and dies. Some time later, Tess goes to a dairy farm to work as a milkmaid. She meets Angel Clare, an aspiring young farmer from a respectable family. He believes Tess to be an unspoiled country girl, and completely innocent. The two fall in love, but Tess does not reveal her previous relationship with Alec until"
"17th century led her to write the best-selling Lacey trilogy ""Wideacre"", which is a story about the love of land and incest, ""The Favoured Child"" and ""Meridon"". This was followed by ""The Wise Woman"". ""A Respectable Trade"", a novel of the slave trade in England, set in 18th-century Bristol, was adapted by Gregory for a four-part drama series for BBC television. Gregory's script was nominated for a BAFTA, won an award from the Committee for Racial Equality, and the film was shown worldwide. Two novels about a gardening family are set during the English Civil War: ""Earthly Joys"" and ""Virgin"
"Angela Lambert Angela Lambert (née Angela Maria Helps) (14 April 1940 – 26 September 2007) was a British journalist, art critic and author, best known for the novel ""A Rather English Marriage"", and her novel ""Kiss and Kin"" won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award. Born as Angela Maria Helps to an English civil servant and a German-born housewife. She was unhappy when sent to Wispers School, a girls' boarding school in Sussex, where by the age of 12 she had decided that she wanted to be a writer. She went to St Hilda's College, Oxford, where she read"
"her to Aloysius. The demon is attracted to Rosebud and agrees. However, Jane is really Lady Angela Wealdstone, a lady of fashion, in disguise, and Sir Trevor is really an honourable man. Nevertheless, Lady Angela has run away from home to avoid being forced by her father into an arranged marriage with Sir Trevor. Meanwhile, however, Aloysius is in love with Clarissa Whortle, the daughter of a judge. Sir Trevor has led everyone to believe that he is going to marry Clarissa to assist Aloysius in evading Clarissa's father. Aloysius, on the other hand, has allowed everyone to believe that"
"sent them to his cousin, John Taylor of the publishing firm of Taylor & Hessey, who had published the work of John Keats. Taylor published Clare's ""Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery"" in 1820. This book was highly praised, and the next year his ""Village Minstrel and Other Poems"" was published. ""There was no limit to the applause bestowed upon Clare, unanimous in their admiration of a poetical genius coming before them in the humble garb of a farm labourer."" In 1820, he had married Martha (""Patty"") Turner in Great Casterton church. An annuity of 15 guineas from the"
"Angel (novel) Angel is a novel by the English novelist Elizabeth Taylor first published in 1957. It tells the life story of Angelica (""Angel"") Deverell from her adolescence and first attempts at writing, through the course of her career as a successful writer of sensational romances, into her decline, old age and death. Although she finds fame and wealth and marries the love of her life, Angel is condemned to a life of isolation and disappointment: critics regard her work as absurd and her closest relationships—with her publisher, her husband, and her sister-in-law—are doomed by the inability of others to"
"Forever Amber Forever Amber (1944) is a historical romance novel by Kathleen Winsor set in 17th-century England. It was made into a film in 1947 by 20th Century Fox. ""Forever Amber"" tells the story of orphaned Amber St. Clare, who makes her way up through the ranks of 17th century English society by sleeping with and/or marrying successively richer and more important men, while keeping her love for the one man she can never have. The subplot of the novel follows Charles II of England as he returns from exile and adjusts to ruling England. The novel includes portrayals of"
"would become ""Forever Amber"". In 1644 Judith Marsh who has been engaged since birth to her neighbour, John Mainwaring, heir to the Earl of Rosswood, has her engagement broken when her family and the Mainwarings find themselves on opposing sides of the English Civil War. During a break in the fighting John visits Judith and the two consummate their relationship. Pregnant, Judith eventually abandons her family and goes to Parliamentarian territory on John's instructions, introducing herself as Judith St. Clare and staying with gentleman farmer Matthew Goodegroome and his wife Sarah. Judith dies in childbirth but not before naming her"
"lived in London and France (having bought a house in the Dordogne in 1972). She is survived by TV director Tony Price, her partner of 21 years, and by her son and two daughters. Angela Lambert Angela Lambert (née Angela Maria Helps) (14 April 1940 – 26 September 2007) was a British journalist, art critic and author, best known for the novel ""A Rather English Marriage"", and her novel ""Kiss and Kin"" won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award. Born as Angela Maria Helps to an English civil servant and a German-born housewife. She was unhappy when sent to"
"""Feudal Family: The De Clares of Gloucester"", by Edith Beadle Brouwer. She is the heroine of Susan Higginbotham's 2005 historical novel ""The Traitor's Wife: A Novel of the Reign of Edward II"". Eleanor de Clare Eleanor de Clare, suo jure 6th Lady of Glamorgan (3 October 1292-30 June 1337) was a powerful English noblewoman who married Hugh Despenser the Younger and was a granddaughter of Edward I of England. With her sisters, Elizabeth de Clare and Margaret de Clare, she inherited her father's estates after the death of her brother, Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, 7th Earl of"
"Arm and the Darkness"" (1943) also deals with this period in France, while Hilda Lewis' ""Wife to Great Buckingham"" (1959) goes so far as to make Buckingham's love for the French queen the main cause of his undoing. The Duke also figures in historical romances like Evelyn Anthony's ""Charles, The King"" (1963) and Bertrice Small's ""Darling Jasmine"" (2007), although the main focus there is on other protagonists. In Philippa Gregory's ""Earthly Joys"" (1998), which has as its subject the famous gardener John Tradescant the elder; the bewitching Duke appears halfway through the novel as the object of Tradescant's love. Another"
"of Turner to India.<br> Lord Basil Galbraith: Father of Eric and Nancy, husband of Lady Agnes. Cecilia's employer at the beginning of the novel.<br> Lady Agnes Galbraith: Mother of Eric and Nancy, wife of Lord Basil.<br> Andrea: The only child of a Major who marries Turner after he travels to Australia to start a factory business. <br> Louise: Cecilia's sister who lives in Leeds. Wife of James.<br> James: Cecilia's brother-in-law. He works at the mines and lives modestly with his wife Louise.<br> Penelope Concord: A snotty aristocrat who Eric falls in love with and marries. She eventually leaves him to"
"husband. She poisons their wine and is careful not to drink any from her cup. While he is dying, she tells him she will arrange for his proper burial, which is more than he would have done for her. Lord Thomas and Lady Margaret Lord Thomas and Lady Margaret or Clerk Tamas (and Fair Annie) (Child ballad # 260; Roud # 109) is a traditional folk song. Lord Thomas, or Clerk Tamas, sees Lady Margaret, or fair Annie, in the woods and, although she was in love with him, hunts her like a deer. She meets a man (riding, or"
"abandon his mistresses after his marriage. Nature recommends the red-and-white rose to him above all other flowers. The rose clearly represents Margaret of England. Dame Nature then addresses the rose and, after praising her lavishly, asks her to approach and be crowned. The new Queen is acclaimed. The birds join the acclamation of the new Queen who is compared to a pearl. The name 'Margaret' is derived from the Latin term for a pearl, 'margarita'. The birds' song merges with the dawn chorus which then wakes Dunbar. He looks around for the garden he saw in his dream but finds"
"heroine. Lord Thomas and Fair Annet Lord Thomas and Fair Annet (Child 73, Roud 4) (also known as ""Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor"") is an English folk ballad. Lord Thomas (or Sweet Willie) is in love with Fair Annet, or Annie, or Elinor, but she has little property. He asks for advice. His father, mother, and brother (or some of them) advise that he should marry the nut-brown maid with a rich dowry. His mother promises to curse him if he marries Annet and bless him if he marries the nut-brown maid. His sister warns her that her dowry may"
"St. Clare's (series) St. Clare's is a series of nine books written by English children's authors Enid Blyton and Pamela Cox about a boarding school of that name. The series follows the heroines Patrica ""Pat"" and Isabel O'Sullivan from their first year at St. Clare's on. Other characters include Alison O'Sullivan (the twins' cousin), Hilary Wentworth, Carlotta Brown (an ex-circus girl), Janet Robins, Doris Elward, Kitty Flaherty (who brings her pet goat, McGinty, to the school), ""The Honourable"" Angela Favorleigh, Alma Prudence, ""Catty"" Elsie Fanshawe, Gladys, Mirabel Unwin, Anne-Marie, Claudine, Antoinette and Roberta ""Bobby"" Ellis, Winifred James (the head girl"
"hostage and flees; but William realizes that Jamie is his father, flies into a rage, and storms out. Claire Elizabeth Beauchamp Randall Fraser - Main female character around whom the series revolves. Nurse/Physician. Born in 1918 and married in the 20th century to professor/historian Frank Randall, Claire falls through the standing stones at Craigh na Dun in Scotland at Beltane (1 May) while on a second honeymoon with Frank in 1946, and finds herself in the 18th century Scotland Highlands in 1743. She is forced to marry James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser (Jamie), whom she eventually falls in love with."
"Clara (Mirbeau) Clara is the main character in the French Novel """"The Torture Garden"""" ( ""Le Jardin des supplices"", 1899), by Octave Mirbeau. Clara, who has no last name or civil status, is an English woman with red hair and green eyes--“a greyish green of the young fruits of the almond tree.” Single, rich and bisexual, Clara lives near Canton, and leads an idle existence, entirely devoted to finding perverse pleasures. She is fully emancipated, financially and sexually, and freed from oppressive laws and taboos prevailing in the West and which, according to her critique of anarchist inspiration, prohibit the"
"A Village Affair A Village Affair is a 1989 romance novel by English author Joanna Trollope. Published by Bloomsbury, the story concerns an unhappy young wife and mother, Alice Jordan, whose friendship with a young and independent woman, Clodagh Unwin, becomes a love affair. It was published in the United States by Harper & Row. ""The Grey House is the final piece in the jigsaw of Alice Jordan's perfect life. It seems to be the ultimate achievement of her outwardly happy marriage - a loyal, if dull husband, three children, two cars and now the house. So why does she"
"daughter of the well-known seafarer Anthony Jenkinson. She was living a secluded life among the nuns of the Order of St. Clare when she met Shakespeare. They fell in love, and Anne was about to leave the order to marry him when Hathaway revealed her pregnancy. Her authorship can be deduced from the sonnets, which she wrote as gifts to Shakespeare. They describe the history of her spiritual relationship with him. Hathaway is the Dark Lady of the sonnets, while Shakespeare himself is the Fair Youth. Their intimate friendship continued after his marriage to Hathaway; its deepening spirituality is explored"
"Blessed Julian of Norwich, a character in the novel, who is considered one of England's greatest mystics and whose ""Revelations of Divine Love"" was the first book written in English by a woman. ""Katherine"" is also considered one of the greatest examples of a historical-fiction love story ever written. In a poll conducted in the 1990s by ""Ladies' Home Journal"", the novel ranked among the top-ten all-time best love stories. Weir was inspired by ""Katherine"" to become an author of historical fiction, and the novel would also later inspire her non-fiction study, """" (2008) (U.S. title, ""Mistress of the Monarchy,"
"their wedding night. Disillusioned and heartbroken by the news, Angel rejects her. Deserted by her husband, Tess meets Alec d'Urberville again. She at first angrily rebuffs his advances, but the death of her father puts the family in desperately hard times. Facing starvation, eviction and homelessness, Tess is compelled to resume her relationship with Alec as his mistress to support her mother and siblings. Shortly afterwards, Angel Clare returns from travelling abroad. A disastrous missionary tour in Brazil has ruined his health. Humbled, and having had plenty of time to think, he feels remorse for his treatment of Tess. He"
"her by Tattle, the vain, half-witted beau, who finds himself married to Mrs. Frail, the lady of easy virtue, when he thinks he has captured Angelica; and Foresight, the gullible old astrologer. Valentine has fallen under the displeasure of his father by his extravagance, and is besieged by creditors. His father, Sir Sampson Legend, offers him £4000 (only enough to pay his debts) if he will sign a bond engaging to make over his right to his inheritance to his younger brother Ben. Valentine, to escape from his embarrassment, signs the bond. He is in love with Angelica, who possesses"
"her lamp above"" and ""Eily Mavourneen"" – remain in the repertoire. The opera is mentioned in James Joyce's ""Ulysses"" and Djuna Barnes' ""Nightwood"". Killarney at the end of the 18th century. Cregan has married Eily (the 'colleen bawn' = Gaelic 'the fair maid') in secret. Corrigan threatens to dispossess Cregan and his mother, who have mortgaged their lands to him, unless Cregan marries the heiress Ann Shute. Cregan's friend Danny offers to resolve the situation by killing Eily. Cregan demurs, but the unwitting Mrs. Cregan is persuaded by Danny to give a signal for Eily's death. But before he can"
"recognised and insulted by Groby, who later turns out to be her new employer. At the farm, the three former milkmaids perform hard physical labour. One winter day, Tess attempts to visit Angel's family at the parsonage in Emminster, hoping for practical assistance. As she nears her destination, she encounters Angel's older brothers, with Mercy Chant. They do not recognise her, but she overhears them discussing Angel's unwise marriage, and dares not approach them. On the way back home, she overhears a wandering preacher and is shocked to discover that it is Alec d'Urberville, who has been converted to Methodism"
"in his study in the evening; he misses his wife, although she used to tease him by dancing in front of him. Thomas Bunce is landlord of the Angel Inn; he blames God for everything. His daughter Jenny is a domestic servant at the rectory; she wants to marry Luke Bird. Luke Bird was once a brewer's clerk, but he preached against drink and lost his job; he came to live in Folly Down and started converting the farm animals to Christianity. He wants to marry Jenny Bunce. Mr. Grunter, the parish clerk, has a reputation as the village's lover,"
"in daily life. She oversaw the education of her children, all of whom studied Latin. She also insisted on lessons in Christian morals for all of them. Both Louis and Isabelle, her only surviving daughter, were canonized. Blanche of Castile is mentioned in François Villon's 15th century poem Ballade des Dames du Temps Jadis (""Ballad of Ladies of Times Past""), together with other famous women of history and mythology. Blanche's selection as bride for Louis and travel to France is noted in Elizabeth Chadwick's ""The Autumn Throne"". Blanche and Isabella of Angoulême are the main characters in Jean Plaidy's novel"
"the Monthly Review described it as a ""pretty imitation"" of Samuel Richardson's ""Clarissa"". In 1767 a play ""The Widowed Wife"" by William Kenrick appeared at Drury Lane Theatre which bore close resemblance to the plot of Kelly's novel. The novel was dedicated to the Duchess of Northumberland, one of Kelly's patrons. The novel includes several references to Richardson's ""Clarissa"", and at one point in the story the heroine is described reading ""Clarissa"". The rakish Sir Robert Harold is engaged to be married to Louisa Mildmay. While staying at her parents' house before the marriage Sir Robert seduces Louisa. Then, deciding"
"out the virtuous character of Mrs. Stafford for praise. Emmeline Emmeline, The Orphan of the Castle is the first novel written by English writer Charlotte Turner Smith; it was published in 1788. A Cinderella story in which the heroine stands outside the traditional economic structures of English society and ends up wealthy and happy, the novel is a fantasy. At the same time, it criticises the traditional marriage arrangements of the 18th century, which allowed women little choice and prioritised the needs of the family. Smith's criticisms of marriage stemmed from her personal experience and several of the secondary characters"
"carol ""The Holly and the Ivy"" however it has been argued that ""Green Groweth the Holly"" preceded that more famous carol. ""Green Groweth the Holly"" has also been adapted into a poem. The poem version is more secular and removes references to God in it, with it being re-imagined as a love poem to the unchanging nature of the holly during the winter's weather and the faithfulness of the lover. Green Groweth the Holly ""Green Groweth the Holly"", also titled ""Green Grow'th the Holly"", is a 16th century English poem and Christmas carol written by King Henry VIII of England."
"does not love him, he convinces her to abandon her family and run away with him. As she is preparing to depart, she is confronted by Starlight, an Indian woman who works as a servant on the ranch, who reminds Wilton of the needs of her child. She spurns Pelham and returns to her family. Eventually, Chetwin forgives her and devotes more of his time to her. Pelham may have been killed by Starlight, although his ultimate fate is left unclear. Annie Sophie Cory, writing as Victoria Cross, was a popular but controversial British New Woman novelist. Adultery and female"