Project Gutenberg 2004-08-28 Public domain in the USA. 180 Gunning, Mrs. (Susannah) 1800 Minifie, Susannah Gunning, Susannah Gunning, Susannah Minifie Barford Abbey, a Novel: In a Series of Letters This eBook was produced by Jonathan Ingram, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Barford Abbey, a Novel: In a Series of Letters" by Mrs. Gunning is a fictional work written in the late 18th century. The novel unfolds through a series of letters that reveal the lives and emotions of its characters, primarily focusing on Lady Mary Sutton and her adopted daughter, Miss Warley. The correspondence offers insights into themes of loss, affection, social standing, and the struggles of the human heart. At the start of the story, we are introduced to Lady Mary Sutton, who writes a heartfelt letter to her friend Miss Warley, expressing her grief over the loss of a mutual acquaintance while urging her to embrace hope. Mary reassures Miss Warley of her unwavering love and proposes that she should travel with friends to France for a change of scenery. In response, Miss Warley writes from Barford Abbey, where she reflects on her newfound status as an adopted daughter of Lady Mary and shares her melancholic thoughts about her past. The opening letters set the stage for a rich exploration of emotions, familial ties, and the societal constraints of the time, hinting at the complex dynamics that will unfold between the characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Gothic fiction Epistolary fiction, English -- 18th century PR Text Category: Novels Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: British Literature 365428 2025-10-06T04:56:22.770485 text/html 354529 2024-10-28T20:17:21 text/html 214097 2025-10-06T04:56:30.816433 application/epub+zip 220491 2025-10-06T04:56:25.932455 application/epub+zip 208165 2025-10-06T04:56:24.698491 application/epub+zip 451884 2025-10-06T04:56:34.591394 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397871 2025-10-06T04:56:30.018474 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 329933 2022-09-07T01:31:58.579987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316986 2025-10-06T04:56:21.781509 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 297064 2024-10-28T20:17:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16646 2025-10-06T04:56:34.720387 application/rdf+xml 16061 2025-10-06T04:56:25.203441 image/jpeg 3698 2025-10-06T04:56:24.951451 image/jpeg 207166 2025-10-06T04:56:22.799495 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia