The beggar maid : Stories of Flo & Rose

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The beggar maid : Stories of Flo & Rose

Livre

Edité par Vintage. Londres (GB) - 2004

Born into the back streets of a small Canadian town, Rose battled incessantly with her practical and shrewd stepmother, Flo, who cowed her with tales of her own past and warnings of the dangerous world outside. But Rose was ambitious - she won a scholarship and left for Toronto where she married Patrick. She was his Beggar Maid. "meek and voluptuous, with her shy white feet", and he was her knight, content to sit and adore her...

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Roman canadien de langue anglaise

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Livre en anglais

Langue: anglais

Date de publication: 2004

Espace: Adultes

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