Lucilla Marjoribanks comes home from school at nineteen resolved to be a comfort to her widowed father, the doctor, and to reorganise the society of the town of Carlingford around her Thursday evenings. With unshakeable confidence and a genius for management she takes on rivals, suitors, an election and her own blind spots.
The best of Oliphant’s Chronicles of Carlingford, often compared to Emma and very funny. Download the free EPUB.