The Fortress (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Hugh Walpole
- First Published: 1932
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical chronicle
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Judith Paris, Walter Herries, Jennifer Herries, Adam Paris, John, Elizabeth, Uhland, Margaret
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Parents and children, Nineteenth century, Marriage, England or English people, Fathers, Good and evil, Illegitimacy, Riots, Government, Reformers, Gossip, Parties, Houses, mansions, or manors
- Locales: England
The Story:
The quarrel between Walter Herries of Westaways and Jennifer Herries, his kinswoman at Fell House, went back many years. Christabel, Walter’s weak mother, had been insulted by Jennifer over the breaking of a fan at a ball, and Walter never forgot the slight to his proud, snobbish family. He also resented the presence of Judith Paris and her illegitimate son, living brazenly, as he thought, at Fell House, so near Westaways, his own fine house. By one method or another, he had determined to drive out the whole household, and he might have succeeded had it not been...
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