In this gripping novel, E. F. Benson tells the story of the Challoner family, and the dark secrets that threaten to tear them apart. From forbidden love affairs to bitter family feuds, The Challoners is a masterpiece of psychological suspense. But it is also a portrait of a vanished world, where the strict codes of Victorian society were beginning to crumble. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part...