Rupert Godwin : A novel by M. E. Braddon
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Rupert Godwin by M. E. Braddon is a novel written in the late 19th century. It blends domestic idyll with financial intrigue and mounting suspense, centering on the collision between a frank, honourable sea-captain, Harley Westford, his devoted wife Clara and children, and the magnetic yet unscrupulous banker, Rupert Godwin. Themes of money-market panic, hidden histories, and moral peril surface early, with Godwin’s eerie clerk Jacob and his cherished daughter Julia deepening
the tension, while Violet Westford’s youth and suitors suggest a contrasting thread of romance. The opening of the story moves from the Westfords’ sunlit Hampshire haven to a dark contest over trust and money. Captain Westford deposits his hard-won savings and the family’s deeds with Godwin, then—warned too late by his mate Gilbert of rumours about the bank—races to reclaim the funds. At Godwin’s grand country house, the banker feigns compliance, lures him into a barred vault in the disused wing, and strikes him down, afterward masking the deed while his watchful clerk hovers near. Meanwhile, Clara, shaken by a dread tied to Godwin’s name, falls ill; her slow recovery is shadowed by the Captain’s silence and the missing receipt she expected. In counterpoint, Violet steals evening meetings with a talented but poor landscape painter, George Stanmore, as Lionel keeps vigil at home. The section closes with hope and fear interlaced: a secret young love blooming in the forest, and a mother anxiously awaiting a word that does not come. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915 |
|---|---|
| Title | Rupert Godwin : A novel |
| Original Publication | London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1890. |
| Credits | Peter Becker, Dori Allard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Psychological fiction |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | English fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 77631 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-77631-6 |
| Release Date | Jan 6, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 426 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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