The Rising of Bella Casey

Bella is a clever girl who trains as a school teacher, determined to escape the limitations of her genteel impoverishment. However, the manager of her school, Archibald Leeper, a married clergyman, develops a morbid attachment to her and places Bella in an untenable position. Her only escape is to marry a young army corporal, Nicholas Beaver, to hide the fact that her reputation has been ruined. However, when Nicholas dies from syphilis, Bella realises that she is not the only one who has been keeping sexual secrets.

• Author
• Mary Morrissy

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 352

• Publisher
• Brandon

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781847175762

• Genres
• ireland, fiction, novels

• Release date
• 2013