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In the neighborhood of a rural English town in the 1830s, several men and women struggle with love, marriage and fortune.

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We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinnertime; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, “Oh, nothing!” Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts⁠—not to hurt others.

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