The Third Miss St Quentin

**: "The Third Miss St Quentin" by Mrs. Molesworth is a 19th-century novel centered on the St Quentin family and their youngest daughter, Ella, who is forced to navigate her new life and familial complexities after returning home to her estranged family. The story kicks off by introducing a young and ill Ella, longing for attention in her tense household, highlighting an imbalance in treatment she has received from her older sister Madelene and her servant, Harvey. This lays the foundation for larger family conflicts, with Ella's frustration with Madelene foreshadowing the familial conflict to come. As Ella struggles to find her place and yearns for affection, readers are drawn into her challenges of fitting into a society that favors some over others, hinting at themes of favoritism and self-identity that drive the family's internal struggle. **