John Halifax, Gentleman

Dinah Craik

⏱ 7 minVictorian classic

A ragged penniless orphan with nothing but honesty and courage rises by sheer worth from errand-boy to master and gentleman, proving gentility is character, not blood. Craik's hugely popular Victorian novel.

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