Project Gutenberg 2005-04-15 Public domain in the USA. 179 Wood, Henry, Mrs. 1814 1887 Wood, Ellen Price Ludlow, Johnny Price, Ellen Wood, Mrs. Henry Wood, Mrs. Henry (Ellen) Piffard, Harold 1867 1938 Verner's Pride Produced by Michael Ciesielski, Cori Samuel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Verner's Pride" by Mrs. Henry Wood is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story revolves around the lives of the Verner family, primarily focusing on themes of inheritance, family dynamics, and societal expectations. Central characters include Mr. Verner, the ailing patriarch, his nephew Lionel, and the maid Rachel Frost, whose tragic fate sets the stage for the unfolding drama. The opening of "Verner's Pride" paints a vivid picture of the estate of Verner's Pride, beautifully described under the afternoon sun, and introduces key familial relationships. It reveals the legacy concerns of Mr. Verner, who has bequeathed the estate to his younger son Stephen, while his elder son Lionel's life in India complicates matters. The narrative then shifts to the dynamics involving Rachel Frost, a maid connected to the family, and her interactions with various characters, including the bailiff's son Luke Roy. As tensions arise over household matters, Rachel's distress becomes evident, leading to her tragic drowning in a local pond, thus thrusting the characters into a web of mystery and sorrow that will undoubtedly impact their lives profoundly. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Inheritance and succession -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 1543964 2025-07-07T03:37:26.314460 text/html 1645155 2020-12-14T10:00:47 text/html 1770449 2025-07-07T03:37:44.741357 application/epub+zip 1792030 2025-07-07T03:37:30.255446 application/epub+zip 667807 2025-07-07T03:37:28.462489 application/epub+zip 2291726 2025-07-07T03:37:56.847320 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2194243 2025-07-07T03:37:43.176394 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1049244 2022-09-07T22:49:16.097612 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1473919 2025-07-07T03:37:20.593482 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1473698 2020-12-14T10:00:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1473690 2020-12-14T10:00:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21576 2025-07-07T03:37:57.010288 application/rdf+xml 12774 2025-07-07T03:37:29.012419 image/jpeg 3366 2025-07-07T03:37:28.739423 image/jpeg 557047 2020-12-14T10:00:47 application/octet-stream application/zip 1664423 2020-12-14T10:00:47 application/octet-stream application/zip 556931 2020-12-14T10:00:47 application/octet-stream application/zip 1720309 2025-07-07T03:37:26.472460 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 en.wikipedia