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The Lady of The Aroostook (1879) NOVEL by William Dean Howells

The Lady of The Aroostook (1879) NOVEL by William Dean Howells

Howells, William Dean

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General Fiction

ISBN10: 1530948959
ISBN13: 9781530948956
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Apr 8 2016
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.27 Width: 7.99 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The Lady of The Aroostook is a novel written by William Dean Howells The story begins in South Bradfield, Massachusetts, with the main character, Lydia Blood, accompanied by her Aunt Maria and her grandfather Deacon Latham on their family farm. Both of Lydia's parents had died of illness when Lydia was young and she is now, at the age of nineteen, being sent to live with her other aunt, on her father's side of the family, Aunt Josephine, in Venice, Italy. Lydia was not only blessed with good looks and good smarts, but she also was blessed with a beautiful singing voice which she is going to cultivate in Venice and attempt to make a career out of. Her Aunt Josephine wrote to her grandfather suggesting that Lydia should come to Venice to live with her. She also suggested that he should go to Boston to find a ship to bring Lydia to Europe, which is how he found Captain Jenness and the Aroostook. Lydia and her grandfather travel to Boston where the Aroostook, a large and beautiful ship, awaits to take Lydia and several other passengers to Trieste

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