Pearl-Maiden by H. Rider Haggard

Pearl-Maiden

H. Rider Haggard

320 pages first pub 1903 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging hopeful mysterious medium-paced
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The twisting, turning plot follows the adventures of Miriam (the "Pearl Maiden" of the book's title), an orphan whose Christian mother puts the baby into the care of a loyal servant woman. Miriam grows up in an adoring colony of Essenes, who educa...

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