A review by beledit
The Golden Calf by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mary Elizabeth Braddon

4.0

Ida Palliser is an impoverished young woman whose feckless father has dumped her in a boarding school and left her to fend for herself. The story involves a secret marriage, Ida's efforts to find a position in life, and the tribulations she endures before finding true love.

It's a typical Braddon romance, where the themes of marriage, and women's dependence and subjection to men are central.