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The Dwelling Place

By: Catherine Cookson
Narrated by: Anne Dover
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When Cissie Brody was 15, fever swept the English countryside, killing her parents and leaving her to care for her nine younger siblings. Rejecting the offers of town officials to care for the children in the workhouse, Cissie is determined to keep the family together and moves them to a cave-like dwelling place on the Fells.

One afternoon as she is returning home, she is attacked by Isabelle Fischel and raped by her twin brother, Lord Clive Fischel, later bearing him a son. Cissie refuses to give up the child until her sister faces imprisonment for a childish misdemeanour. It is through love and friendship that Cissie learns not to fear the world beyond the dwelling place.

©1971 The Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust (P)2023 Magna Story Sound Historical Historical Fiction Romance
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Amazing story, been in bed with shingles, so needed something my mind off it,
A great story had me hooked right from the start.
Highly recommended it.

The dwelling place.

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Loved it! Loved the characters, the storyline and the narration was perfect. Though, as I would think many readers/listeners also found, I couldn’t help my own feelings and everything I am aware of in this day and age being at war with the outcome! Once I reminded myself of how completely different the way of life is today compared to how things were back then, I was able to understand how things played out the way they did. And so allowed myself to be happy for the way it ended. Great story!

Thoroughly enjoyable…however…

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