Short Fiction · Character
Patience Woolsworthy
A parson's hot-tempered daughter on the edge of Dartmoor, too vivid for her small world and too proud to leave it, whose love story turns on the cost of dominion.
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Also known as Patience, Patience German
First appearance: The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne
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The parson's daughter, proud and independent, who insists on being loved for herself despite her poverty.
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- Diverse Romantic & Comic Tales
- Rural Romance & Family
- Protagonist
- Dramatic Island Stories
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Bessy Pryor’s internal struggle reaches its emotional and psychological peak as she wrestles with the conflict…
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