The White Cliffs

Name/Title

The White Cliffs

Entry/Object ID

2024.28.1

Description

[Verse novel] about an American girl who coming to London as a tourist, meets and marries a young upper-class Englishman in the period just before World War I. The war begins and he goes to the front. He is killed just before the end of the War, leaving her with a young son. Her son is the heir to the family estate. Despite the pull of her own country and the impoverished condition of the estate, she decides to stay and live the traditional life of a member of the English upper class.--Wikipedia

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Back flyleaf

Transcription

Dir lit (?)

Material/Technique

Handwritten

Create Date

January 27, 2024