This fascinating historical novel from The Secret Garden author Frances Hodgson Burnett explores the lives of an often-overlooked group: female miners in nineteenth-century England. Joan Lowrie, the main focus of the novel, is a strong-willed lass...
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This fascinating historical novel from The Secret Garden author Frances Hodgson Burnett explores the lives of an often-overlooked group: female miners in nineteenth-century England. Joan Lowrie, the main focus of the novel, is a strong-willed lass who has struggled with a life of poverty and now works punishing hours in a Lancashire mine. Is there any hope for her to rise above her trying circumstances and find true happiness?
Title; Contents; Chapter I - A Difficult Case; Chapter II - ""Liz""; Chapter III - The Reverend Harold Barholm; Chapter IV - ""Love Me, Love My Dog""; Chapter V - Outside the Hedge; Chapter VI - Joan and the Child; Chapter VII - Anice at the Cottage; Chapter VIII - The Wager of Battle; Chapter IX - The News at the Rectory; Chapter X - On the Knoll Road; Chapter XI - Nib and His Master Make a Call; Chapter XII - On Guard; Chapter XIII - Joan and the Picture; Chapter XIV - The Open ""Davy""; Chapter XV - A Discovery; Chapter XVI - ""Owd Sammy"" in Trouble
Chapter XVII - The Member of ParliamentChapter XVIII - A Confession of Faith; Chapter XIX - Ribbons; Chapter XX - The New Gate-Keeper; Chapter XXI - Derrick's Question; Chapter XXII - Master Landsell's Son; Chapter XXIII - ""Cannybles""; Chapter XXIV - Dan Lowrie's Return; Chapter XXV - The Old Danger; Chapter XXVI - The Package Returned; Chapter XXVII - Sammy Craddock's ""Manny-Ensis""; Chapter XXVIII - Warned; Chapter XXIX - Lying in Wait; Chapter XXX - The Slip of Paper; Chapter XXXI - The Last Blow; Chapter XXXII - ""Turned Methody!""; Chapter XXXIII - Fate; Chapter XXXIV - The Decision
Chapter XXXV - In the PitChapter XXXVI - Alive Yet; Chapter XXXVII - Watching and Waiting; Chapter XXXVIII - Recognition; Chapter XXXIX - A Testimonial; Chapter XL - Going South; Chapter XLI - ""A Soart o' Pollygy""; Chapter XLII - Ashley-Wold; Chapter XLIII - Liz Comes Back; Chapter XLIV - Not Yet
