| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
| Subject |
Coal mines and mining |
| Publication Date |
4/23/1996 |
| Format |
Hardcover (9.4
mm)
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| Publisher |
Random House |
| Language |
English |
| Extras |
Dust Jacket; Dust Jacket Cover |
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| Description |
Rose is a wonderfully rich and intricate novel set in nineteenth-century Wigan, a town located in the coal country of Lancashire. Its protagonist, Jonathan Blair, is a mining engineer who has been chased out of Africa for "stealing" from the missionaries' Bible Fund in order to pay off the porter of his expedition into the interior of the Gold Coast; he is now down and out in London.
Blair's employer, Bishop Hannay, promises to send him back to Africa if he can find John Maypole, the curate who was engaged to his daughter, Charlotte Hannay, when he disappeared three months previously without explanation. Charlotte herself is an ill-tempered young woman who takes an instant dislike to Blair when he tries to investigate her fiancé's disappearance. Other characters include assorted townspeople, miners at the Hannay family mine, and Rose Molyneux, a "pit girl" with whom Blair falls in love.
Exceeding even the high expectations of Smith's readers, Rose is richly detailed and compelling--his most accomplished and fascinating novel to date. |
| Personal Details |
| Rating |
0 |
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
PS3569.M5377R67 1996 |
| Dewey |
813/.54 |
| ISBN |
0679426612 |
| Edition |
1st trade ed. |
| Cover Price |
$25.00 |
| No. of Pages |
364 |
| First Edition |
No |
| Rare |
No |
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