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"The handiest book known as ""The Coryston Family"" become written via Mrs. Humphry Ward, a British author and social reformer inside the past due 1800s and early 1900s. The story is going deep into the lives of the Coryston circle of relatives, giving an amazing look at how society modifications and the way humans fight within the midst of England's rapid transformation. The story is more often than not about Lord Coryston, a traditional flesh presser, and his circle of relatives, who're all looking to discern out what their jobs are in a society that is converting. Obligation, lifestyle, and the conflict of antique and new values are some of the issues that the book explores. As Lord Coryston deals with politics, he additionally has to deal with own family responsibilities and a converting social order. Mrs. Humphry Ward creates a massive cast of human beings that each display a one of a kind issue of the technology's political fights. The story skillfully combines political scheming, circle of relative's relationships, and the problems that arise due to adjustments in society. The characters' personal journeys show how custom and progress are at odds with each different, giving readers a nuanced look at how complex the length is. ""The Coryston Family"" is an interesting observe an age long past by that captures the essence of a society that was converting."

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Mary Augusta Ward CBE was a British author who lived from June 11, 1851, to March 24, 1920. She wrote under her married name, Mrs. Humphry Ward. Setting up a Settlement in London to help poor people get better schooling was one way she did this. In 1908, she became the first President of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League. Mary Augusta Arnold was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. She came from a well-known family of writers and educators. Mary was the daughter of Julia Sorell and Tom Arnold, who taught literature. William Thomas Arnold was a writer and journalist, Ethel Arnold worked for women's right to vote, and Julia Huxley started Prior's Field School for Girls in 1902 and married Leonard Huxley. Their sons were Julian and Aldous Huxley. It was important for British intellectual life to have people like the Arnolds and the Huxleys. Author Matthew Arnold was her uncle, and Thomas Arnold, the famous headmaster of Rugby School, was her grandpa. Tom Arnold, Mary's father, was made head of schools in Van Diemen's Land, which is now Tasmania. He started his job on January 15, 1850.

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