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Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3)

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    Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3) is a classic romance novel by Mrs. Oliphant. It deals with England, young women, older women and conflict of generations.

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    About Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3)

    "Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3)" by Mrs. Oliphant is a novel published in 1883. When the Vernon family bank nearly collapses, Catherine Vernon uses her fortune to save it. Decades later, young Hester Vernon returns to Redborough as the daughter of the man who caused the crisis. As Hester navigates family tensions, romantic entanglements, and the weight of her father's disgrace, loyalties shift and Edward, Catherine's favored protégé, grows restless with dangerous consequences for the banking house.
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    Themes, setting & tropes

    Genres

    Subjects

    • England
    • Psychological fiction
    • Young women
    • Love stories
    • Domestic fiction
    • Family-owned business enterprises
    • Triangles, Interpersonal relations
    • Older women
    • Conflict of generations
    • Women bankers

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    Who wrote Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3)?

    Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3) was written by Mrs. Oliphant.

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    It is usually shelved as Classic Love Stories.

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