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Lena Kennedy 
Owen Oliver 
A charming, intriguing tale of unrelenting love and the struggle against poverty

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A turbulent tale of a young man’s growth from innocence to maturity in the harsh world of Victorian England.In the teeming heart of nineteenth-century London, Owen Oliver walks out of his gloomy, unwelcoming lodgings and doesn’t stop his travels until he reaches Kent.There, Owen’s life is dramatically altered. An orphan, he is adopted by a loving old lady and her roguish amicable son, Tom. With Tom’s help, he secures employment in the shipping agency of an old sea captain and his fortunes start to increase.But Owen is not content. All around him he sees a widening gap between the comfortable middle classes and the helpless destitution of the poor. He is horrified by the plight of the thin and hungry and the evils of child labour.So when he takes the matter into his own hands and rescues a beautiful ragged child with haunting blue eyes and long golden hair, his fate is sealed . . .***************What readers are saying about OWEN OLIVER’This book kept me enthralled’ – 5 STARS’Excellent’ – 5 STARS’A lovely story’ – 5 STARS’Sad and funny . . . hard to put down’ – 5 STARS’Brilliant’ – 5 STARS
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Język Angielski ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9781444767445 ● Wydawca Hodder & Stoughton ● Opublikowany 2013 ● Do pobrania 6 czasy ● Waluta EUR ● ID 2735442 ● Ochrona przed kopiowaniem Adobe DRM
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