Stray Pearls
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First edition
London: Macmillan, 1883. First Edition. 2 vols. 1st edition. Original cloth. Fine. Stray Pearls is a sequel to The Chaplet of Pearls 1868 and explores 17th-century French nobility during the Fronde rebellions. The novel intertwines family drama with historical events, though Yonge herself admitted its “defective” structure in the prefac. Item #207
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