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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Mistress And Maid: A Household Story

Mistress And Maid: A Household Story

Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock

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General Fiction

Publisher Price: $20.99

ISBN10: 9378301991
ISBN13: 9789378301995
Publisher: Double 9 Books
Published: Mar 1 2026
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.61 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Mistress and maid: A household story unfolds within the quiet confines of a modest home run by three elderly sisters Miss Leaf Selina and Hilary who take on a new servant Elizabeth Hand. The story centers on the shifting relationships between mistress and maid exploring how differences in age temperament and social standing shape their daily lives. Elizabeth, a clumsy but sincere fifteen-year-old, enters this reserved household with nervous hope while the sisters wrestle with their own memories, habits and reluctance to share their intimate domestic world with an outsider. Through small routines, misunderstandings and quiet acts of kindness, the novel traces Elizabeth's gradual growth and the softening of the sisters' rigid boundaries, especially through Hilary's gentle guidance and the friction with the more domineering Selina. Underneath the surface of household chores and modest rituals the narrative engages themes of compassion, moral education and the slow building of trust across class divides, presenting a tender portrait of how ordinary lives can shape one another in unexpected ways.

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