Castlebridge Hall Four.
Castlebridge Hall Four.
To anybody who has perchance been following the series, and hopefully enjoying it, I have just had the fourth episode in my Castlebridge Hall series published on Fiction4all/Silver Moon publications.
This latest instalment is the longest in the series so far at a little over 68,000 words. It is also notable as it is the first Castlebridge Hall story that has not featured in any way in my xHamster blog. Earlier episodes are essentially expanded versions of stories that first appeared here. The new story, “The Punishments of Miss Pendleton” is however a brand new tale, never before released in any form.
The story (for the benefit of those who have been following the saga) takes up life at Castlebridge Hall in the wake of the scandalous events surrounding Victoria Partridge's public birching in the library (see “The Birching of Victoria). Victoria is now firmly ensconced as one of Lady Castlebridge's personal maids and thus privy to Her Ladyship's machinations. Lady Castlebridge does indeed take a prominent role in the new story as she manipulates her husband and is instrumental in certain far reaching changes to one department of the Hall and insinuating an old school friend of hers into a prominent role within it.
There are big changes at the Hall but the person upon whom these changes will most impact is the unfortunate figure of Alice Pendleton. Alice is a relatively new member of the Hall's servant classes and an unlikely addition to the small army of housemaids within it. She comes of a privileged background but finds herself impoverished and abandoned following the jailing of her father and the seizure of his estates. Domestic service seems the only recourse open to her but, as a young lady who has never done a day's work in her life, she is entirely unsuitable for her new career at Castlebridge Hall. Inevitably she falls afoul of authority and, in common with many a young lady before her, finds herself summonsed to the library to answer for her shortcomings over the dreaded caning stool.
It is only the beginning of Alice's woes and the next two weeks will be the worst days of her life. Even as her existence reaches its nadir however, Lady Castlebridge's schemes contrive to create an entirely unforeseen opportunity and one which may change Alice's life forever.
It is therefore just another tale in the ongoing drama of Castlebridge Hall complete with the usual hanky panky among the servants, the outrage of authority, the normal everyday plots and intrigues and a steady stream of woeful miscreants being taught the error of their ways with a sound thrashing. I think that those who have enjoyed the series so far will find plenty to keep them amused in this new story and I would like to thank them once again for their continued support of my writing.
Michaela xxxxx
http://www.fiction4all.com/books/b9651-the-punishments-of-miss-pendleton.htm
To anybody who has perchance been following the series, and hopefully enjoying it, I have just had the fourth episode in my Castlebridge Hall series published on Fiction4all/Silver Moon publications.
This latest instalment is the longest in the series so far at a little over 68,000 words. It is also notable as it is the first Castlebridge Hall story that has not featured in any way in my xHamster blog. Earlier episodes are essentially expanded versions of stories that first appeared here. The new story, “The Punishments of Miss Pendleton” is however a brand new tale, never before released in any form.
The story (for the benefit of those who have been following the saga) takes up life at Castlebridge Hall in the wake of the scandalous events surrounding Victoria Partridge's public birching in the library (see “The Birching of Victoria). Victoria is now firmly ensconced as one of Lady Castlebridge's personal maids and thus privy to Her Ladyship's machinations. Lady Castlebridge does indeed take a prominent role in the new story as she manipulates her husband and is instrumental in certain far reaching changes to one department of the Hall and insinuating an old school friend of hers into a prominent role within it.
There are big changes at the Hall but the person upon whom these changes will most impact is the unfortunate figure of Alice Pendleton. Alice is a relatively new member of the Hall's servant classes and an unlikely addition to the small army of housemaids within it. She comes of a privileged background but finds herself impoverished and abandoned following the jailing of her father and the seizure of his estates. Domestic service seems the only recourse open to her but, as a young lady who has never done a day's work in her life, she is entirely unsuitable for her new career at Castlebridge Hall. Inevitably she falls afoul of authority and, in common with many a young lady before her, finds herself summonsed to the library to answer for her shortcomings over the dreaded caning stool.
It is only the beginning of Alice's woes and the next two weeks will be the worst days of her life. Even as her existence reaches its nadir however, Lady Castlebridge's schemes contrive to create an entirely unforeseen opportunity and one which may change Alice's life forever.
It is therefore just another tale in the ongoing drama of Castlebridge Hall complete with the usual hanky panky among the servants, the outrage of authority, the normal everyday plots and intrigues and a steady stream of woeful miscreants being taught the error of their ways with a sound thrashing. I think that those who have enjoyed the series so far will find plenty to keep them amused in this new story and I would like to thank them once again for their continued support of my writing.
Michaela xxxxx
http://www.fiction4all.com/books/b9651-the-punishments-of-miss-pendleton.htm
9 years ago