382pp. Green cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on front and spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed corners, rubbed spine ends. Text block edges starting to tan. Free endpapers starting to tan; previous owner's name on front free endpaper; gutters cracked and strained, volume quite loose; pages starting to age. Otherwise internally neat and clean.
A semi-fictionalised account of the life of Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855) told in novel form. Mitford, an Englist essayist, poet and writer is perhaps best remembered for Our Village, a series of sketches of village life drawn from her experiences of living in Three Mile Cross near Reading, Berkshire.
