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A Lady of Quality
Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1896
In late-seventeenth-century England, spirited Clorinda Wildairs grows from a fearless country girl into a young woman navigating the demands of rank, loyalty, and love. Frances Hodgson Burnett’s historical romance follows the choices that shape her life at Wildairs Hall and beyond.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 59 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
Principal, Secondary, and Supporting Characters — Plate 1
Supporting Characters — Plate 2
Supporting Characters — Plate 3
England, France, and the Story's Named Places
The Bare Schoolroom in Wildairs Hall's West WingThe schoolroom in the west wing
The Household at Wildairs
A Daughter at WildairsLady Wildairs sends for her husband as their ninth child is born.
Rake Is My HorseClorinda makes the stable and its horses her own.
This edition
- Title
- A Lady of Quality
- Author
- Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924)
- First published
- 1896
- Illustrated plates
- 134 original artworks · 59 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 24 · about 83,247 words
- Reading time
- 5 h 33 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- October 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
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