03 Mary Wakefield

First published in 1949, in *Mary Wakefield*, the third book in the Jalna series, a young English woman is hired by Ernest Whiteoak to be a governess to Philip’s motherless children. When Philip falls in love with her, his mother does all she can to prevent the marriage. This is book 3 of 16 in *The Whiteoak Chronicles*. It is followed by Young Renny*.*