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Esther Waters, a novel Esther Waters, a novel George Moore Quoting Wikipedia: "Set in England from the early 1870s onward, the novel is about a young, pious woman from a poor working class family who, while working as a kitchen maid, is seduced by another em… OL1381165W
Mrs. Jeffries pleads her case Mrs. Jeffries pleads her case Emily Brightwell When a magistrate rules Harlan Westover's death a suicide, something smells fishy. Amidst a sea of unanswered questions, the clever Mrs. Jeffries wants to get to the bottom of it-and make sure someon… OL14874798W
Mrs. Jeffries takes stock Mrs. Jeffries takes stock Emily Brightwell Mrs. Jeffries Victorian Mystery series #4 She keeps house for Inspector Witherspoon...and keeps him on his toes. Everyone's awed by his Scotland Yard successes, but they don't know about his secre… OL14874800W
A history of European women's work A history of European women's work Deborah Simonton The paid and unpaid work of women in Europe has been and is hugely diverse - from schools to offices, factories to domestic service, dairies to hospitals and much more. The work patterns have fluctua… OL1836527W
Flight of the swan Flight of the swan Rosario Ferré "Flight of the Swan is the tale of a world-famous Russian prima ballerina touring in Puerto Rico in 1917. Because of extraordinary political upheaval at home, her troupe is forced to remain in the Ca… OL1988852W
America's dream America's dream Esmeralda Santiago America Gonzalez is a hotel housekeeper on an island off the coast of Puerto Rico, cleaning up after wealthy foreigners who don't look her In the eye. Her alcoholic mother resents her; her married bo… OL20540W
The Space Between Us The Space Between Us Thrity N. Umrigar Each morning, Bhima, a domestic servant in contemporary Bombay, leaves her own small shanty in the slums to tend to another woman's house. In Sera Dubash's home, Bhima scrubs the floors of a house in… OL276067W
Single in Suburbia Single in Suburbia Wendy Wax Amanda's husband has just traded her in for an affair with a teenybopper. Brooke is a trophy wife collecting dust. And Candace (Don't call me Candy) has had too many husbands and too little love. Wha… OL2774239W
From morning to night From morning to night Elizabeth L. O'Leary Drawing on personal letters, business and government documents, and numerous oral histories of older Richmonders -- both black and white -- O'Leary examines the parallel and divergent viewpoints of s… OL2981604W
The Legend of the Seventh Virgin The Legend of the Seventh Virgin Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert Born a village girl, Kerensa Carlee had only her beauty and wit to live by. From the moment she saw it, Kerensa determined to become mistress of St Larnston Abbas, home of the aristocratic St Larnsto… OL3931484W
A Beautiful Blue Death A Beautiful Blue Death Charles Finch On any given day in London, all Charles Lenox, Victorian gentleman and armchair explorer, wants to do is relax in his private study with a cup of tea, a roaring fire and a good book. But when his lif… OL4496852W
The rival queens The rival queens Fidelis Morgan London 1699. Those intrepid and impecunious heroines the Countess Ashby de la Zouche and her maidservant Alpiew are once more scavenging for scandal to entertain the readers of that scurrilous rag, t… OL4501618W
A strange disappearance A strange disappearance Anna Katharine Green,Anna Katherine Green,Anna Green,Cyanide Publishing,Anna Katharine Green Mr. Gryce leads his young police detective protégé to face his first nemesis. A young girl who is more than she appears has gone missing from a local household. Even for the rising young police detec… OL4885721W
Afterimage Afterimage Helen Humphreys "When Annie Phelan arrives at the Dashell farm to begin work as a maid, she finds her new mistress strapping turkey wings on a naked boy who is to play the Angel of Death. Annie knows one thing for s… OL551700W
Lady in waiting Lady in waiting Kathryn Caskie Jenny Penny, the illegitimate daughter of an unnamed baron who works as a maid to the matchmaking Featherton Sisters, yearns for highborn status. The Featherton sisters soon make Jenny their project … OL5722023W
Nectar Nectar Lily Prior Ramona Drottoveo, an albino, is a chambermaid at a lush Italian estate. Distinguished by the intoxicating scent she exudes, Ramona is despised by all women and adored by all men, whose inexhaustible … OL5733764W
Mrs. Jeffries and the silent knight Mrs. Jeffries and the silent knight Emily Brightwell Mrs. Jeffries Victorian Mystery series #20 "Mrs. Jeffries is the Miss Marple of Victorian Mystery."—The Paperback ForumSir George Braxton was found lying face down in a frozen fountain with the ba… OL80956W
The Workhouse Girl The Workhouse Girl Jessica Stirling Robert Montague, a fiery preacher with an adventurous past, is a perfect catch for any girl in the parish of Ravenshill. Stockbroker Cuthbert Armitage certainly thinks so and sets his daughters, Cass… OL86305W
Finn Finn Matthew Olshan Imagine a modern-day retelling of Mark Twain's classic [*The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn*][1], with a teenage girl and a very pregnant young Mexican as the main characters. That's the gist of Matt… OL8909095W
The dark lantern The dark lantern Gerri Brightwell London, 1893. Elderly Mrs. Bentley is on her deathbed, and her son Robert has returned from France. But in the Bentleys' well-appointed home, everyone has their secrets, including Robert's beautiful … OL9389944W
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