Anne Hereford: A Novel
by Henry Wood
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About This Book
First published in 1867,Anne Herefordis the story of murder, scandal, and misunderstandings in an aristocratic country house, told from the point of view of an orphaned ten-year-old. Its setting and viewpoint have led to natural comparisons withJane Eyre,but it isJane Eyreshot through with scandal and sensation -- the kind of book that might have appealed to the first Mrs. Rochester. Despite its antiquated wills, inheritances, shotguns, and other paraphernalia, the novel is almost entirely accessible by modern readers -- with perhaps one exception. The reader should keep in mind that the phras...
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- Anne Hereford
- A Novel.
- LONDON: TINSLEY BROTHERS, 18, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND. 1871.
- ANNE HEREFORD.
- CHAPTER I. MRS. EDWIN BARLEY.
- CHAPTER II. IN THE WOOD.
- CHAPTER III. GOING OUT IN THE FOG.
- CHAPTER IV. VERY ILL.
- CHAPTER V. ANOTHER DREAM.
- CHAPTER VI. DEAD!
- CHAPTER VII. AT MISS FENTON'S.
- CHAPTER VIII. EMILY CHANDOS.
- CHAPTER IX. A STEP IRREVOCABLE.
- CHAPTER X. AT MRS. PALER'S.
- CHAPTER XI. CHANDOS.
- CHAPTER XII. OUT OF DOORS AT CHANDOS.
- CHAPTER XIII. A SHOCK.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE NEW TENANT BY THE LODGE GATES.
- CHAPTER XV. IN THE IRONING-ROOM.
- CHAPTER XVI. DISTURBED BY MRS. CHANDOS.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE STRANGER APPLICANT.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE NEW COMPANION.
- CHAPTER XIX. TELEGRAPHING FOR A PHYSICIAN.
- CHAPTER XX. LIZZY DENE.
- CHAPTER XXI. IN THE PINE-WALK.
- CHAPTER XXII. A NIGHT ALARM.
- CHAPTER XXIII. SEEN IN THE GALLERY BY MOONLIGHT.
- CHAPTER XXIV. MRS. PENN'S REVELATION.
- CHAPTER XXV NOTHING BUT MISERY.
- CHAPTER XXVI. GETTING INTO THE WEST WING.
- CHAPTER XXVII. GEORGE HENEAGE.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. AN IGNOMINIOUS EXIT.
- CHAPTER XXIX. MR. EDWIN BARLEY IN THE WEST WING.
- CHAPTER XXX. THE LAST FRIGHT OF ALL.
- CHAPTER XXXI. BACK FOR AYE AT CHANDOS.
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