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Book Review of The Inheritance

The Inheritance
The Inheritance
Author: Louisa May Alcott
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Edith Adelon is an orphan working as a companion on an English country estate. She has and affection of her wealthy patrons and the love of the kind and noble Lord Percy. But a shadow soon falls over her happiness, as another man vies for her attentions and the jealous Lady Ida sets a dangerous trap. To save herself, does edith dare reveal her secret inheritance? This is a love story by the author of Little Women, written when she was seventeen.