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A Victorian Romance
A Fiction Novel
Synopsis
From Your Heart: The Shilling Can is a story that opens in the Clerkenwell District, London, 1860. It chronicles 20-year-old, Penelope Berry, alias, Pennie, who lives in the poorest part of London. She attends the Field Lane Ragged School. Her desire is to become a schoolteacher. Industrious, Pennie studies, passes the exam, earning her certificate as Novice Teacher. Later, a mysterious man at the Smithfield Market makes her an offer that she can hardly refuse – to immigrate to America. Pennie encounters many suitors, but only one of them is her heartthrob's desire. Shipwrecked, the Royal Navy rescues all but the man she loves. Oh! Watch for the references of the shilling can!
A Fiction Novel
Synopsis
From Your Heart: The Shilling Can is a story that opens in the Clerkenwell District, London, 1860. It chronicles 20-year-old, Penelope Berry, alias, Pennie, who lives in the poorest part of London. She attends the Field Lane Ragged School. Her desire is to become a schoolteacher. Industrious, Pennie studies, passes the exam, earning her certificate as Novice Teacher. Later, a mysterious man at the Smithfield Market makes her an offer that she can hardly refuse – to immigrate to America. Pennie encounters many suitors, but only one of them is her heartthrob's desire. Shipwrecked, the Royal Navy rescues all but the man she loves. Oh! Watch for the references of the shilling can!
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