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Lucas Malet

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Lucas Malet (1852–1931) was the pseudonym of Mary St Leger Kingsley, a Victorian novelist. Of her novels, The Wages of Sin (1891) and The History of Sir Richard Calmady (1901) were especially popular.

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“The fret of human life is but as a little island in the great ocean of eternal peace--so she told herself--and then bade that sleepless heart of hers both still its passionate beating and take courage.”

— Lucas Malet《The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance》

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The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance

The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance is a 1901 novel by Lucas Malet. Its themes and subject matter include Cousins and Lesbians. Together, these subjects provide the book with its main literary, historical, social, or intellectual context.

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