Facsimile of the 7th edition that was published by John W Parker and Son West Strand, London in 1854. The first of Yonge's romantic novels, this was a blockbuster bestseller in spite of the critics. Everyone was reading it, even characters in other novels, as Jo March cries over the book in Little Women. The noble young heir to Redclyffe Hall secretly raises money to bail out a family member, is suspected of being the gambler, and is denied marriage to his sweetheart. More tragedies and transformations occur before the book ends on a hopeful note. Very clean. Elibron Classics. 2006. Paper. USED. $20.00