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    The Doom of the Griffiths
    The Doom of the Griffiths
    The Doom of the Griffiths
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    The Doom of the Griffiths

    By Elizabeth Gaskell

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    There is one characteristic of Robert Griffiths which I have omitted to note, and which was peculiar among his class.He was no hard drinker; whether it was that his head was easily affected, or that his partially-refined taste led him to dislike intoxication and its attendant circumstances, I cannot say; but at five-and-twenty Robert Griffiths was habitually sober—a thing so rare in Llyn, that he was almost shunned as a churlish, unsociable being, and paused much of his time in solitude.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSovereign
    Release dateJun 26, 2016
    ISBN9781911495123
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    Elizabeth Gaskell

    Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865) was a British novelist and short-story writer. Her works were Victorian social histories across many strata of society. Her most famous works include Mary Barton, Cranford, North and South, and Wives and Daughters.

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