1. Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer
... . After cruel rejection and suffering the cottage maiden is left as an ˜unclean thing', judged by others in the Victorian community. Yet ironically the maiden results with the true treasure " a child - a gift that Kate shall never have. Although she is seen as a ˜fallen woman' in the eyes of society she ends her story on the idea that she ... and devastation when she is ˜cast aside' by the lord and replaced by her ˜cousin Kate'. However, we also sympathize with Kate herself, as she cannot have the treasure that the cottage maiden possesses " a child. We are informed of this by the na...
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