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Nancy: A Novel by Rhoda Broughton. Set in late Victorian England, the novel is narrated in the first person by Nancy Grey, a nineteen-year-old member of a large, bustling family the Greys, as she navigates home life, courtship, and the expectations of wealth and status. The narrative opens with lively scenes in a country house where Nancy and her siblings—Barbara, Algy, Bobby, Tou Tou, and the Brat—dodge chores and scheme mischief under the amused gaze of their parents and of Sir Roger Tempest, an old schoolfriend of their father who becomes the linchpin of Nancy's romance. Across chapters, Nancy's witty, candid voice sketches family politics, love, and social convention, blending humor with poignancy. As Sir Roger's attentions deepen into betrothal, Nancy weighs duty, affection, and independence, even as travel to Dresden and Paris frames their evolving relationship. The work mixes satire, domestic comedy, and a young woman's coming-of-age in a world of wealth, rank, and obligation.
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