Emma Brown / Clare Boylan & Charlotte Brontë.
A young girl, Matilda, is brought by her father to a small school in provincial Victorian England. The school, Fuschia Lodge, is foundering, so its headmistress is delighted to welcome a new pupil₇especially one so elaborately dressed, with an apparently rich father who is "quite the gentleman." But when Matilda's tuition goes unpaid and it comes time to make arrangements for the Christmas holidays, she is shocked to find that the identity of the father, Conway Fitzgibbon--like the address he left behind--does not exist. So who is the mysterious Matilda? She herself will not say, and it falls to a local gentleman, Mr. Ellin, and a childless widow, Isabel Chalfont, to unravel the truth. From the drawing rooms of English country society to the grimy backstreets of London's seamiest reaches, from the dandified members of the city's elite clubs to the blowsy ranks of its brothels, Emma Brown follows the search--first for Matilda's true identity and then for the girl herself.
Record details
- ISBN: 0670032972
- ISBN: 9780670032976
- Physical Description: vii, 437 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First American edition
- Publisher: New York : Viking, 2004.
- Copyright: ©2003
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- A novel based on an unfinished manuscript by Charlotte Brontë.
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.3 22 88922.
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- Girls > Fiction.
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- 12 of 12 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutherford County Library | F Boy (AR) (Text) | 38801100955340 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | FIC BOY (Text) | 31111002158924 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | F BOY (Text) | 34208200923323 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Graham County Library | F BOY (Text) | 80605001239853 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hamlet Public Library | FIC BOYLAN (Text) | 58198000627516 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | F Boylan (Text) | 33115005713083 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | FIC Boylan Clare (Text) | 30519006541505 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Kenly Public Library | FIC Boylan (Text) | 38950608909190 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Madison-Mayodan Public Library | Fic (Text) | 31554007225179 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Person County Library | F BOY (Text) | 34622001168047 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
