Mr. Hogarth’s Will

“Was Mr. Hogarth in his senses?” The new heir asks it as two orphaned nieces stare at the will that gives him their uncle’s fortune—and leaves them twelve pounds a year.

In rural Scotland in the 1850s, Jane and Alice Melville have been raised in comfort by an eccentric uncle who believed women could make their own way in the world. Now his will puts that belief to a brutal test: the estate goes to Francis Ormistown, a son the sisters have never heard of, while they must face an uncertain future with almost nothing. Francis, suddenly rich but forbidden to help them, is as troubled by the bequest as they are. Jane meets the shock with resolve; Alice fears what will become of them. Can the sisters turn their uncle’s strange experiment into a life of their own?

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