Doctor Thorne (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Doctor Thorne raises his niece Mary, keeping her illegitimate background secret from the world. Meanwhile, Mary’s poverty becomes a challenge in her love affair with Frank Gresham. But her uncle keeps Mary’s secret wealth hidden, determined to allow Mary to be accepted on her own terms. “There are...fire-and-thunder Trollopians who will die for Doctor Thorne.”—Hugh Walpole.