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Gwendolen: a novel
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New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015.
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320 pages ; 21 cm.
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"Gwendolen Harleth, an exceptionally beautiful upper-class Englishwoman, is gambling boldly at a resort when she catches the eye of a handsome, pensive gentleman. His gaze unnerves her, and she loses her winnings. The next day, she learns that her widowed mother and younger sisters, for whom she is financially responsible, have lost their family's fortune. As a young woman in the 1860s with only her looks to serve her, Gwendolen's options are few, so when Henleigh Grandcourt, a wealthy aristocrat, proposes to her, she accepts, despite her discovery of an alarming secret about his past"--Amazon.com.

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First U.S. edition.
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English
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9781627793407, 1627793402

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"[Gwendolen] is also the heroine of George Eliot's novel Daniel Deronda and is writing to Deronda"--Cover flap.
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"Gwendolen Harleth, an exceptionally beautiful upper-class Englishwoman, is gambling boldly at a resort when she catches the eye of a handsome, pensive gentleman. His gaze unnerves her, and she loses her winnings. The next day, she learns that her widowed mother and younger sisters, for whom she is financially responsible, have lost their family's fortune. As a young woman in the 1860s with only her looks to serve her, Gwendolen's options are few, so when Henleigh Grandcourt, a wealthy aristocrat, proposes to her, she accepts, despite her discovery of an alarming secret about his past"--Amazon.com.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Souhami, D., & Eliot, G. (2015). Gwendolen: a novel. First U.S. edition. New York, Henry Holt and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Souhami, Diana and George Eliot. 2015. Gwendolen: A Novel. New York, Henry Holt and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Souhami, Diana and George Eliot, Gwendolen: A Novel. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2015.

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Souhami, Diana, and George Eliot. Gwendolen: A Novel. First U.S. edition. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2015.

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