Miss Winthorpe’s Elopement by Christine Merrill
I found Miss Winthorpe’s Elopement somewhat tough to grade. It’s an original story with flawed, memorable characters, and much of the time it worked for me. Perhaps that’s why when I got to the end and discovered a common but unwelcome plot device, I was disappointed. Penelope Winthorpe is a printer’s daughter and a cit,…