When the squire of Wrexhill dies and leaves everything to his widow, the new vicar, the Reverend William Cartwright, sets about gaining control of Mrs. Mowbray, her fortune and her children by way of prayer meetings, flattery and fear. The Mowbray young people and their friends watch the family fall under his influence and fight to save it.
A fierce 1837 satire of Evangelical hypocrisy by the mother of Anthony Trollope, one-sided but sharply drawn. Download the free EPUB.