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    The Orange Girl
    The Orange Girl
    The Orange Girl
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    The Orange Girl

    By Walter Besant

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    "The Orange Girl" by Walter Besant is the story of William Halliday, musician and outcast son of a respectable London gentleman. A strange twist in his father's will, however, keeps Halliday from being able to pursue his simple life of making music. A lawyer and a cousin of his wish to undo his father's wishes until the noble and enigmatic Orange Girl steps in to help William thwart their unscrupulous plans.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 6, 2019
    ISBN4064066235826
    The Orange Girl
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    Walter Besant

    Walter Besant (1836–1901) was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire and studied at King's College, London. He would later work in higher education at Royal College, Mauritius, where he taught mathematics. During this time, Besant also began his extensive writing career. In 1868 he published Studies in Early French Poetry followed by a fruitful collaboration with James Rice, which produced Ready-money Mortiboy (1872), and The Golden Butterfly(1876). Besant’s career spanned genres and mediums including fiction, non-fiction, plays and various collections.

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