Redmarsh Rectory, A Tale - Softcover

Nona Maria S. Bellairs

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ISBN 10: 046131360X ISBN 13: 9780461313604

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

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Redmarsh Rectory, A Tale by Nona Maria S. Bellairs is a sweeping Victorian novel about faith, temptation, and redemption. It traces the life of Edward Sidney, a gifted youth whose bright promise is darkened by gambling and debt at Oxford, culminating in ruin and exile from his family. The heart of the story shifts to Laura Beresford, a parson’s daughter, and Sir Henry Lovell, whose steadfast charity helps him seek a truer course. Across English villages and Welsh parishes the narrative surveys poverty, education, church life, and social reform, presenting a cast of reformers, downtrodden workers, and compassionate givers who struggle to uplift others without vanity or cynicism. Edward’s eventual attempt at penitence, the revelation of a long-buried past, and his death yield forgiveness and a renewed faith. Laura and Henry unite in marriage as a new generation of faithful helpers continues their work, embodying Christian charity and hope. The novel’s episodes of shipwrecks, elopements, and trials highlight the moral cost of temptation and the redemptive power of steadfast love,.

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