At twenty-five, Rachel Curtis declares herself done with girlhood and goes in search of a mission worthy of her intellect. In a seaside town full of officers and their families, she sets out to reform the lace-making trade and the lives of poor children, until her trust in a plausible philanthropist leads to consequences she never foresaw.
Yonge’s most direct look at the education and ambitions of Victorian women. Download the free EPUB.