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    612-822-4611

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The Channings

The Channings

Henry Wood

Paperback

Historical Fiction

ISBN10: 9354849970
ISBN13: 9789354849978
Publisher: Alpha Ed
Published: Aug 5 2021
Pages: 478
Weight: 1.53
Height: 1.06 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A family saga of conscience, duty, and audacious secrets, The Channings gathers a web of hearts and loyalties under the fog and clatter of London Victorian era. A tale that moves from drawing rooms to streets, it invites readers to weigh class, inheritance, and the ties that bind a couple to honour as much as love. This restored edition reveals Mrs. Henry Wood's keen eye for social dynamics and intimate motive. The story threads together marriage and duty with the pressures of wealth, status, and lineage, offering a gripping blend of social novel and intimate melodrama. It speaks to today's readers as deftly as to those who cherish classic literature; the tensions between family secrets and public propriety feel both timeless and freshly relevant. A note on literary and historical significance: The Channings stands alongside the great canvases of Victorian england, echoing the concerns and tonal textures of Dickensian novels while retaining a distinctive voice that illuminates the era's roomier debates about virtue, ambition, and responsibility. For the casual reader and the complete edition reader alike, this book promises immersion in a faithful, culturally resonant portrait of its time. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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