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The Unbearable Bassington (Historical Novel) - A Historical Novel - cover

The Unbearable Bassington (Historical Novel) - A Historical Novel

Saki Saki, H. H. Munro

Publisher: Musaicum Books

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This eBook edition of "The Unbearable Bassington" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
Francesca Bassington is a somewhat cold and self-contained society woman who values her home and possessions above all else. She lives in a house that was left to a young, underage heiress, Emmeline Chetrof, and Francesca is free to continue living there until Emmeline gets married. Well contented to continue living there forever, Francesca is trying to find a way to stay in the house, maneuvering with her son Comus, a self-centered young man whose irresponsibility may have been excusable and endearing when he was young but whose flippancy and fecklessness has now become a sore point between him and his mother
Available since: 11/02/2018.
Print length: 141 pages.

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