The Daisy Chain

When you’re raised to believe that sacrifice makes you worthy, what will you give for the family you love?



Etheldred is an awkward, ungainly girl who yearns to do right but often causes mischief. She longs to comfort, but instead causes grief.



Through daily trials and triumphs of family life in Victorian England, Ethel May grows and learns of sorrow, honesty, and love. Raised on Victorian morals and aspirations just out of reach, she will decide what her true purpose is and who she will live her life for.



A stunning example of Victorian era writing, Charlotte Yonge first penned The Daisy Chain as a religious response to Jane Eyre. Recently described by reviewers as a YA novel of the 1800s, this lengthy novel was forerunner to and inspiration for great works of fiction like Little Women and such heroines as Anne Shirley.



Content advisory. This book contains four uses of racially insensitive language that were common to the time. We don't believe in censorship, so these remain unedited, but we do want the reader to be aware that they are present.



Beautifully preserved for the modern reader, re-typeset for print and optimized for ebook, this pretty edition of The Daisy Chain will not only enlighten your mind but add to the charm of your book collection. Invoking curiosity, this novel may be a good fit for those following the Charlotte Mason method and building their own living books library.