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* BetterWithNonHumanCompany: Danny is blunt and abrupt to the point of extreme rudeness with other people, but he's the complete opposite with dogs and horses. It's implied that this is due to [[spoiler: trauma from the horrors he witnessed during WWI]].
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* NotGoodWithPeople: Danny is blunt and abrupt to the point of extreme rudeness with other people, but he's the complete opposite with dogs and horses. It's implied that this is due to [[spoiler: trauma from the horrors he witnessed during WWI]].
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* DelicateAndSickly: Matty is often seen as being delicate due to her heart condition, which she gained after surviving a bout of rheumatic fever as a child. This leads to a significant amount of self-loathing on Matty's part, as she views herself as a burden to those around her.
* TheDutifulSon: Kit commits his life to improving the lot of the [[ImpoverishedPatrician Dysart family]] and refurbishing Nether Hinton, going as far as to [[MarriageOfConvenience marry Matty for her money]] while still being head over heels in love with Daisy.
* TheDutifulSon: Kit commits his life to improving the lot of the [[ImpoverishedPatrician Dysart family]] and refurbishing Nether Hinton, going as far as to [[MarriageOfConvenience marry Matty for her money]] while still being head over heels in love with Daisy.
* MarriageOfConvenience: Kit marries Matty for the Verral fortune. Their marriage is for the most part a loveless one, [[UnwantedSpouse not for a lack of trying on Matty's end]].
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* MySecretPregnancy: Daisy [[spoiler: conceals her pregnancy from Kit, and flees to France in order to hide from gossip]].
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* MySecretPregnancy: Daisy [[spoiler: Daisy conceals her pregnancy from Kit, and flees to France in order to hide from gossip]].
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* IllGirl: Matty, who has a heart condition due to suffering rheumatic fever as a child.
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* GenteelInterbellumSetting: Set The novel is set in England among the landed gentry in 1929
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* IllGirl: Matty, who has a heart condition.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Matty [[spoiler: yearns to have a child, but can't because of her poor health]].
* LawOfInverseFertility: Matty [[spoiler: yearns to have a child, but can't because of her poor health]].
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* IllGirl: Matty, who has a heart condition.
condition due to suffering rheumatic fever as a child.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Matty [[spoiler: yearns to have achild, child with Kit, but can't because of her poor health]].
* LawOfInverseFertility: Matty [[spoiler: yearns to have a
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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Flora has to bend down to kiss Robin.
* UptownGirl: Flora falls in love with Robin, the town doctor.
* UptownGirl: Flora falls in love with Robin, the town doctor.
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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Flora is taller than Robin, and is described as being strong and well-built. She has to bend down to kiss Robin.
* UptownGirl:Flora Flora, who is from the aristocratic Dysart family, falls in love with Robin, the town doctor.doctor from a working-class background.
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* MySecretPregnancy: Daisy [[conceals her pregnancy from Kit, and flees to France in order to hide from gossip]].
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* MySecretPregnancy: Daisy [[conceals [[spoiler: conceals her pregnancy from Kit, and flees to France in order to hide from gossip]].
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* GoodIsNotSoft: Robin, the kindly town doctor, has no problem standing up to [[TheProudElite Sir Rupert]]
* IllGirl: Matty, who has a heart condition
* LawOfInverseFertility: Matty [[spoiler: yearns to have a child, but can't because of her poor health]]
* LoveTriangle: Between Kit, Matty and Daisy
* MeeknessIsWeakness: Matty is viewed as weak and feeble because she's shy and quiet, and has trouble standing up for herself
* MissingMom: Kit's mother, who [[spoiler: committed suicide when Kit was twelve]]
* MySecretPregnancy: Daisy [[conceals her pregnancy from Kit, and flees to France in order to hide from gossip]]
* NotGoodWithPeople: Danny is blunt and abrupt to the point of extreme rudeness with other people, but he's the complete opposite with dogs and horses. It's implied that this is due to [[spoiler: trauma from the horrors he witnessed during WWI]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Matty's parents [[spoiler: died of dysentery when Matty was five]]
* PreppyName: Flora, Matilda and Polly
* IllGirl: Matty, who has a heart condition
* LawOfInverseFertility: Matty [[spoiler: yearns to have a child, but can't because of her poor health]]
* LoveTriangle: Between Kit, Matty and Daisy
* MeeknessIsWeakness: Matty is viewed as weak and feeble because she's shy and quiet, and has trouble standing up for herself
* MissingMom: Kit's mother, who [[spoiler: committed suicide when Kit was twelve]]
* MySecretPregnancy: Daisy [[conceals her pregnancy from Kit, and flees to France in order to hide from gossip]]
* NotGoodWithPeople: Danny is blunt and abrupt to the point of extreme rudeness with other people, but he's the complete opposite with dogs and horses. It's implied that this is due to [[spoiler: trauma from the horrors he witnessed during WWI]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Matty's parents [[spoiler: died of dysentery when Matty was five]]
* PreppyName: Flora, Matilda and Polly
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* GoodIsNotSoft: Robin, the kindly town doctor, has no problem standing up to [[TheProudElite Sir Rupert]]
Rupert]].
* IllGirl: Matty, who has a heartcondition
condition.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Matty [[spoiler: yearns to have a child, but can't because of her poorhealth]]
health]].
* LoveTriangle: Between Kit, Matty andDaisy
[[spoiler: Daisy.]]
* MeeknessIsWeakness: Matty is viewed as weak and feeble because she's shy and quiet, and has trouble standing up forherself
herself.
* MissingMom: Kit's mother, who [[spoiler: committed suicide when Kit wastwelve]]
twelve]].
* MySecretPregnancy: Daisy [[conceals her pregnancy from Kit, and flees to France in order to hide fromgossip]]
gossip]].
* NotGoodWithPeople: Danny is blunt and abrupt to the point of extreme rudeness with other people, but he's the complete opposite with dogs and horses. It's implied that this is due to [[spoiler: trauma from the horrors he witnessed duringWWI]]
WWI]].
* ParentalAbandonment: Matty's parents [[spoiler: died of dysentery when Matty wasfive]]
five]].
* PreppyName: Flora, Matilda andPollyPolly.
* IllGirl: Matty, who has a heart
* LawOfInverseFertility: Matty [[spoiler: yearns to have a child, but can't because of her poor
* LoveTriangle: Between Kit, Matty and
* MeeknessIsWeakness: Matty is viewed as weak and feeble because she's shy and quiet, and has trouble standing up for
* MissingMom: Kit's mother, who [[spoiler: committed suicide when Kit was
* MySecretPregnancy: Daisy [[conceals her pregnancy from Kit, and flees to France in order to hide from
* NotGoodWithPeople: Danny is blunt and abrupt to the point of extreme rudeness with other people, but he's the complete opposite with dogs and horses. It's implied that this is due to [[spoiler: trauma from the horrors he witnessed during
* ParentalAbandonment: Matty's parents [[spoiler: died of dysentery when Matty was
* PreppyName: Flora, Matilda and
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* LawOfInverseFertility: Matty [[spoilers: [[spoiler: yearns to have a child, but can't because of her poor health]]
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* GoodIsNotSoft: Robin, the kindly town doctor, has no problem standing up to [[TheProudElite Sir Rupert]]
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* NotGoodWithPeople: Danny is blunt and abrupt to the point of extreme rudeness with other people, but he's the complete opposite with dogs and horses. It's implied that this is due to [[spoiler: trauma from the horrors he witnessed during WWI]]
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* NotGoodWithPeople: Danny is blunt and abrupt to the point of extreme rudeness with other people, but he's the complete opposite with dogs and horses. It's implied that this is due to [[spoiler: trauma from the horrors he witnessed during WWI]]WWI]]
*ParentalAbandonment: Matty's parents [[spoiler: died of dysentery when Matty was five]]
*TinyGuyHugeGirl: Flora has to bend down to kiss Robin.
*UptownGirl: Flora falls in love with Robin, the town doctor.
*ParentalAbandonment: Matty's parents [[spoiler: died of dysentery when Matty was five]]
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''Consider The Lily'' is anovel by Elizabeth Buchan, published in 1993. The story is centered on Matty Verral, a stubborn and insecure heiress, her cousin Daisy Chudleigh, and Kit Dysart, the handsome but penniless heir to [[BigFancyHouse Nether Hinton]].
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''Consider The Lily'' is anovel a novel by Elizabeth Buchan, published in 1993. The story is centered on Matty Verral, a stubborn and insecure heiress, her cousin Daisy Chudleigh, and Kit Dysart, the handsome but penniless heir to [[BigFancyHouse Nether Hinton]].
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''Consider The Lily'' is anovel by Elizabeth Buchan, published in 1993. The story is centered on Matty Verral, a stubborn and insecure heiress, her cousin Daisy Chudleigh, and Kit Dysart, the handsome but penniless heir to [[BigFancyHouse Nether Hinton]]
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''Consider The Lily'' is anovel by Elizabeth Buchan, published in 1993. The story is centered on Matty Verral, a stubborn and insecure heiress, her cousin Daisy Chudleigh, and Kit Dysart, the handsome but penniless heir to [[BigFancyHouse Nether Hinton]]Hinton]].
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[[caption-width-right:261:Cover of the novel on Goodreads]]
''Consider The Lily'' is anovel by Elizabeth Buchan, published in 1993. The story is centered on Matty Verral, a stubborn and insecure heiress, her cousin Daisy Chudleigh, and Kit Dysart, the handsome but penniless heir to [[BigFancyHouse Nether Hinton]]
The novel begins in 1929, when Matty and Daisy attend the wedding of Kit's older sister Polly. Kit and Daisy become enamoured with each other, and get closer during a holiday in France. Matty [[LoveTriangle is also in love with Kit]], and on the return journey to England she asks him to marry her. In dire need of money, Kit reluctantly accepts. Daisy is furious, and Kit is resentful of relying Matty's fortune.
Trapped in a loveless marriage with Kit, Matty begins to focus on improving the garden, and becomes obsessed with the death of Kit's mother. Daisy's life begins to slowly fall apart, and Kit begins to realise that his selfishness could ruin his life.
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!! This novel provides examples of:
*GenteelInterbellumSetting: Set in England among the landed gentry in 1929
*LoveTriangle: Between Kit, Matty and Daisy
*MeeknessIsWeakness: Matty is viewed as weak and feeble because she's shy and quiet, and has trouble standing up for herself
*MissingMom: Kit's mother, who [[spoiler: committed suicide when Kit was twelve]]
*NotGoodWithPeople: Danny is blunt and abrupt to the point of extreme rudeness with other people, but he's the complete opposite with dogs and horses. It's implied that this is due to [[spoiler: trauma from the horrors he witnessed during WWI]]
[[caption-width-right:261:Cover of the novel on Goodreads]]
''Consider The Lily'' is anovel by Elizabeth Buchan, published in 1993. The story is centered on Matty Verral, a stubborn and insecure heiress, her cousin Daisy Chudleigh, and Kit Dysart, the handsome but penniless heir to [[BigFancyHouse Nether Hinton]]
The novel begins in 1929, when Matty and Daisy attend the wedding of Kit's older sister Polly. Kit and Daisy become enamoured with each other, and get closer during a holiday in France. Matty [[LoveTriangle is also in love with Kit]], and on the return journey to England she asks him to marry her. In dire need of money, Kit reluctantly accepts. Daisy is furious, and Kit is resentful of relying Matty's fortune.
Trapped in a loveless marriage with Kit, Matty begins to focus on improving the garden, and becomes obsessed with the death of Kit's mother. Daisy's life begins to slowly fall apart, and Kit begins to realise that his selfishness could ruin his life.
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!! This novel provides examples of:
*GenteelInterbellumSetting: Set in England among the landed gentry in 1929
*LoveTriangle: Between Kit, Matty and Daisy
*MeeknessIsWeakness: Matty is viewed as weak and feeble because she's shy and quiet, and has trouble standing up for herself
*MissingMom: Kit's mother, who [[spoiler: committed suicide when Kit was twelve]]
*NotGoodWithPeople: Danny is blunt and abrupt to the point of extreme rudeness with other people, but he's the complete opposite with dogs and horses. It's implied that this is due to [[spoiler: trauma from the horrors he witnessed during WWI]]
