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This stirring coming-of-age story recounts the childhood and youth of the eponymous protagonist, Hilda Lessways, who would eventually grow up to marry Edwin Clayhanger, the scion of a wealthy and powerful family in the Potteries district of the Midlands region in England. This is the second in a series of novels that depict the lives of the members of the Clayhanger family.
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Table of contents
- Title
- Contents
- BOOK I - HER START IN LIFE
- Chapter I - An Event in Mr. Skellorn's Life
- Chapter II - The End of the Scene
- Chapter III - Mr. Cannon
- Chapter IV - Domesticity Invaded
- Chapter V - Mrs. Lessways' Shrewdness
- Chapter VI - Victor Hugo and Isaac Pitman
- Chapter VII - The Editorial Secretary
- Chapter VIII - Janet Orgreave
- Chapter IX - In the Street
- Chapter X - Miss Gailey in Declension
- Chapter XI - Disillusion
- Chapter XII - The Telegram
- Chapter XIII - Hilda's World
- Chapter XIV - To London
- BOOK II - HER RECOVERY
- Chapter I - Sin
- Chapter II - The Little Room
- Chapter III - Journey to Bleakridge
- Chapter IV - With the Orgreaves
- Chapter V - Edwin Clayhanger
- Chapter VI - In the Garden
- Chapter VII - The Next Meeting
- BOOK III - HER BURDEN
- Chapter I - Hilda Indispensable
- Chapter II - Sarah's Benefactor
- Chapter III - At Brighton
- Chapter IV - The Sea
- BOOK IV - HER FALL
- Chapter I - The Going Concern
- Chapter II - The Unknown Adventure
- Chapter III - Florrie Again
- BOOK V - HER DELIVERANCE
- Chapter I - Louisa Uncontrolled
- Chapter II - Some Secret History
- BOOK VI - HER PUNISHMENT
- Chapter I - Evening at Bleakridge
- Chapter II - A Rendezvous
- Chapter III - At the Works
- Chapter IV - The Call from Brighton
- Chapter V - Thursday Afternoon
- Chapter VI - Mischance
- Endnotes
