After a prologue with a wanderer and the blind vicar of Sandycliffe, the novel follows Nea, the little princess of her household, into a marriage made too young and too quickly. Carey traces her slow growth into womanhood and the trials of a husband and wife who must learn each other, among family, friends and a sorrow held in silence.
A gentle Victorian domestic novel, revised by its author for this later edition. Download the free EPUB.