Dr. May, a country physician, and his eleven children form the daisy chain of the title. When an accident shatters the family early on, the plain, brilliant, untidy Ethel struggles to balance her studies with her duties at home, while her brothers face school and university and the family takes up the cause of a neglected hamlet called Cocksmoor.
A cornerstone of Victorian family fiction, best for readers who enjoy long, loving domestic chronicles. Download the free EPUB.