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Janet's Repentance

When Mr. Tryan arrives in Milby, with his disturbingly evangelical and puritan tendencies, the small town is deeply divided in a bitter fight over the suitability of his evening lectures. The proud but desolate Janet Dempster, alcoholic wife of one of Mr. Tryan’s most vociferous opponents, delights in the clergyman’s persecution — until she unexpectedly finds her own redemption. Written when she was on the brink of her career as a novelist, Janet's Repentance foreshadows the themes of Eliot’s later work.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 210
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781843911586
  • Genres
  • victorian, classics, fiction
  • Release date
  • 2007