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The Making of a Lady

Educated but poor Emily accepts a practical marriage proposal from Lord James Walderhurst.

About The Making of a Lady

Based on the novel by celebrated writer Frances Hodgson Burnett, this is the story of the educated but penniless Emily. During her duties as a lady’s companion for Lady Maria she meets her employer’s wealthy widower nephew, Lord James Walderhurst. Accepting his practical if unromantic marriage proposal, Emily finds solace in the company of Walderhurst’s nephew Alec Osborn and his glamorous wife, H

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