Death of a Schoolgirl
โ Scribed by Joanna Campbell Slan
- Publisher
- Penguin Group US;Berkley Prime Crime
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 224 KB
- Edition
- Berkley Prime Crime trade paperback edition
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
_In her classic tale, Charlotte Bront e introduced readers to the strong-willed and intelligent Jane Eyre. Picking up where Bronte left off, Jane's life has settled into a comfortable pattern: She and her beloved Edward Rochester are married and have an infant son. But Jane soon finds herself in the midst of new challenges and threats to those she loves... _
Jane can't help but fret when a letter arrives from Adele Varens--Rochester's ward, currently at boarding school--warning that the girl's life is in jeopardy. Although it means leaving her young son and invalid husband, and despite never having been to a city of any size, Jane feels strongly compelled to go to London to ensure Adele's safety.
But almost from the beginning, Jane's travels don't go as planned--she is knocked about and robbed, and no one believes that the plain, unassuming Jane could indeed be the wife of a gentleman; even the school superintendent takes her for an...
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