DASHWOOD , R M: - The Provincial Daughter

Virago 2004 P/Back Good covers creased pages browned 209pp 8 x 5 200g ¶ Way before city slicker Bridget Jones there was the Provincial Daughter - an intelligent woman juggling too little money and too many kids in rural obscurity. In between taking deliveries of coal and attending ghastly provincial parties, our heroine makes tentative forays into the bright lights of London, seeking literary fame and fortune. Part of the Virago Modern Classics series of books.