Mr. Harrison’s Confessions (1851) is a long story written by Elizabeth Gaskell about a doctor in provincial England. It is notable for being a prequel to her novel Cranford. The protagonist is Charles, a bachelor who wants to win his profound shyness towards women. With the help of his doctor , he will go to Duncombe, a rural town, to woo a woman, but here Charles'll find a claustrophobic atmosphere caused by intrigues and women of middle age ...
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'Anyone with the smallest interest in composition - not just concertos but novels, buildings, lives, you name it, should read this absorbing, spiky,...
A young, single, and handsome doctor joins a medical practice in a rural English village, only to fall foul of virtually every single female in town...
'Anyone with the smallest interest in composition - not just concertos but novels, buildings, lives, you name it, should read this absorbing, spiky,...
A young, single, and handsome doctor joins a medical practice in a rural English village, only to fall foul of virtually every single female in town...
