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- Read alongside background material on Victorian British society to understand the circumstances of female characters.
- Note differences between the narrator's comments and the characters' words and actions to appreciate the author's narrative strategy.
- If English reading is difficult, read chapter summaries first, then work through the original paragraph by paragraph.
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About the author
Frances Mary Peard (1835–1923) was a British writer and traveler, born in Exminster, Devon, into a family of naval officers. Between 1867 and 1909 she wrote more than forty novels for children and adults, many drawing on her travels abroad and often set in France and India. Her representative works include Cartouche, Unawares: A Story of an Old French Town, Donna Teresa, The Swing of the Pendulum, The Career of Claudia, Thorpe Regis, An Interloper, and Two Studios; the library holds nine of her works. She never married and spent her later years in Torquay. Public information about her life and writing is limited, and existing accounts focus mainly on the subjects and period of her works, making a more detailed assessment of her literary style and influence difficult.
