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Verity Barforth, heiress to a wool mill in Yorkshire in the early 19th century and is pressured to wed her cousin Joel Barforth. But Verity is in love with a reformer who is the opposite of everything her husband stands …

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Verity Barforth, heiress to a wool mill in Yorkshire in the early 19th century and is pressured to wed her cousin Joel Barforth. But Verity is in love with a reformer who is the opposite of everything her husband stands for and Verity's eyes are opened to the treatment of the lower classes during the Industrial Revolution, and particularly the plight of women who are dependent on men for economic opportunities.

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"Verity Barforth, heiress to a wool mill in Yorkshire in the early 19th century and is pressured to wed her cousin Joel Barforth. But Verity is in love with a …"

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