Helen

By Maria Edgeworth

Subjects: Young women, England, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Manners and customs, Young women, fiction, Fiction, Social life and customs

Description: On the death of her guardian, honest, generous-spirited Helen Stanley is urged to share the home of her childhood friend, Lady Cecilia. But this charming socialite is withholding secrets and Helen is drawn into a web of white lies and evasions that threaten not only her hopes for marriage, but her very place in society.