A Lady of Quality

The story revolves around Clorinda Wildair, a beautiful and charming young woman from a noble family, who falls deeply in love with a man of lower social standing, Clairbeling. Despite their differences, they get married secretly, but their happiness is short-lived as Clairbeling dies soon after. Clorinda is left alone, pregnant, and heartbroken. She gives birth to a son and decides to raise him on her own, away from her family's influence. As the years pass, Clorinda's son grows up to be a clever and ambitious young man who seeks to reclaim his rightful place in society.

By Frances Hodgson Burnett · First published 1896 · Genre: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Drama · 24 chapters

Contents

• The Twenty-Fourth Day of November 1690
• In which Sir Jeoffry Encounters his Offspring
• Wherein Sir Jeoffry's Boon Companions Drink a Toast
• Lord Twemlow's Chaplain Visits his Patron's Kinsman, and Mistress Clorinda Shines on her Birthday Night
• "not I," Said she. "there Thou Mayst Trust me. I Would not be Found out."
• Relating how Mistress Anne Discovered a Miniature
• 'Twas the Face of Sir John Oxon the Moon Shone Upon
• Two Meet in the Deserted Rose Garden, and the Old Earl of Dunstanwolde is Made a Happy Man
• "I Give to him the Thing he Craves with all his Soul -- myself"
• "Yes I have Marked him"
• Wherein a Noble Life Comes to an End
• Which Treats of the Obsequies of my Lord of Dunstanwolde, of his Lady's Widowhood, and of her Return to Town
• Wherein a Deadly War Begins
• Containing the History of the Breaking of the Horse Devil, and Relates the Returning of his Grace of Osmonde from France
• In which Sir John Oxon Finds again a Trophy he had Lost
• Dealing with that which was Done in the Panelled Parlour
• Wherein his Grace of Osmonde's Courier Arrives from France
• My Lady Dunstanwolde Sits Late Alone and Writes
• A Piteous Story is Told, and the Old Cellars Walled In
• A Noble Marriage
• An Heir is Born
• Mother Anne
• "in One who will do Justice, and Demands that it Shall be Done to each Thing he has Made, by each who Bears his Image"
• The Doves Sate Upon the Window-Ledge and Lowly Cooed and Cooed

More by Frances Hodgson Burnett

• The Secret Garden (1911)
• Le Monsieur de la Petite Dame (1877)
• Editha's Burglar: a Story for Children (1890)
• Little Saint Elizabeth (1909)
• The Story of Prince Fairyfoot (1889)
• The Proud Little Grain of Wheat (1918)
• Behind the White Brick (1909)
• Sara Crewe (1888)
• All works by Frances Hodgson Burnett