Other Fiction Baring-Gould, Sabine: Arminell: A Social Romance. v1. 23 Dec 2021

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A look at social class distinctions in the nineteenth century, seasoned with nuggets of satiric humor.

Arminell, daughter of Lord Lamerton, headstrong and undisciplined but socially sensitive, confronts her father about his plans to shut down the manganese mine, the major center of employment in the district. Consequences of the plan spread like ripples on a pond, during which Arminell learns a lesson of self-reliance which separates her from her family in the end.

The story is imbued with the realism of local behavior and the flavor of local belief, and populated by some memorable characters, such as the fanatic mystic Stephen Saltren, the white witch Patience Kite, the sensitive young tutor “Jingles” Saltern, and Arminell herself.

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) was an Anglican priest, antiquarian and folklorist, novelist, and eclectic scholar. One of the most prolific and popular writers of the late-Victorian period, he wrote more than 150 books and contributed countless magazine articles. His folkloric studies resulted in The Book of Were-Wolves (1865), one of the most frequently cited studies of lycanthropy; followed by numerous volumes on other arcane subjects. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being “Onward, Christian Soldiers.”

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Arminell, by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924), was first published in 1889. Cover illustration from a painting by Gustave Jean Jacquet (1846–1909). This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.
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