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Mary Anerley
Mary Anerley: a Yorkshire tale is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1880. The novel is set in the rugged landscape of Yorkshire's North Riding and the sea-coast of its East Riding.
Plot introduction.
The story of "Mary Anerley" opens in the year 1801, at Scargate Hall, "in the wildest and most rugged part of the wild and rough North Riding"; the first chapter being practically a prologue, which sets forth the strangely dramatic death
parents. He is on the run from Captain Carroway, a coastguard officer. Love blossoms between Mary and Robin Lyth, but many obstacles interfere with true love's course.
Publication.
"Mary Anerley" was first serialised in "Fraser's Magazine" from July 1879 to September 1880, and then published as three volumes in 1880.
Reception.
"Mary Anerley" received good reviews upon publication. The "Saturday Review" called it "one of his happiest productions" and said that "it is