Manuscript novel.- Blennerhasset (Andrew, editor) Annesley a Tale of the West..., manuscript
Manuscript novel.- Blennerhasset (Andrew, editor) Annesley a Tale of the West..., manuscript, 154pp., some corrections, "Guide or Finger-Post" manuscript loosely inserted, stitched, original vellum-backed boards, upper cover slightly stained, ink signature of "Rev J Jackson" on lower cover, spine soiled, watermark J. Green 1836, folio, 1837.*** An unpublished 19 century novel in 24 chapters. Set in the fictional village of Ashgrove, Devon, in the early years of the century, Annesley is the story of two young men, orphaned under different circumstances. The first William Henry Evans lost his father after he led a lifeboat crew in an effort to save a foundering vessel at sea. The second man, George Dawson, lost his parents in a house fire from which he was rescued by William’s father. The unknown past of Dawson who came to the town and set up as a tutor, becomes the central mystery of the novel.
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Manuscript novel.- Blennerhasset (Andrew, editor) Annesley a Tale of the West..., manuscript, 154pp., some corrections, "Guide or Finger-Post" manuscript loosely inserted, stitched, original vellum-backed boards, upper cover slightly stained, ink signature of "Rev J Jackson" on lower cover, spine soiled, watermark J. Green 1836, folio, 1837.*** An unpublished 19 century novel in 24 chapters. Set in the fictional village of Ashgrove, Devon, in the early years of the century, Annesley is the story of two young men, orphaned under different circumstances. The first William Henry Evans lost his father after he led a lifeboat crew in an effort to save a foundering vessel at sea. The second man, George Dawson, lost his parents in a house fire from which he was rescued by William’s father. The unknown past of Dawson who came to the town and set up as a tutor, becomes the central mystery of the novel.
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