The three Pole sisters of Brookfield, daughters of a prosperous City merchant, hear a wonderfully rich voice singing by night in a nearby fir-wood. It belongs to Emilia Sandra Belloni, a passionate, unschooled girl of Italian blood whom they take up as an ornament for their social ambitions, while their brother Wilfrid wavers between love for her and the pull of rank.
Meredith’s comedy of sentimental snobbery, first published as Emilia in England. Download the free EPUB.