Author: Sacre
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Publish Date: 2001-10-01
Features: Amelia completes her schooling at the school and returns home. Her close friend Rebecca Flipp, along with her, goes to college. She is invited to stay at her home for a few days. There, she meets Amelia's brother Joseph, who is working in India, and decides to marry him, but it doesn't work out. She has to bid farewell to Amelia and follow her original plan to go to Bute Crawley's baronial family as a governess. Bute is very greedy, and his sister Miss Crawley is an old spinster with a large fortune, so he tries to please her everywhere. Miss Crawley favored Bute's second son, the officer Roddy Crawley. After Rebecca arrives at the Crawleys' house, she tries every means to win others' favor, and soon wins everyone's affection, especially Miss Crawley's. She also captures Roddy's heart, and eventually they elope, making Miss Crawley so angry that she falls ill and no longer allows them to visit. Meanwhile, Amelia's father goes bankrupt, and her father George's old Osborne betrays his trust and orders George and Amelia to break off contact. George's close friend Dobbin,，，。，，。 At this time, various European countries are preparing to send troops to besiege Napoleon, and George and Dobbin's troops are ordered to move to Brussels. There, George and Amelia meet Joseph, and they also meet Roddy and Rebecca. At this time, the newly married George has grown tired of Amelia and fallen for Rebecca, and he invites her to elope. Just at this moment, he receives an order to go to the front and is unfortunately shot and killed, leaving his wife and an unborn child behind. After George's death, Dobbin shows more love and attention to Amelia. After the war, Rebecca and Roddy go to Paris and later return to London. Rebecca sleeps with Lord Steyne, which Roddy discovers, and as a result, he abandons his wife and leaves for abroad. Rebecca is at her wit's end and wanders everywhere. Amelia's son Joe gradually grows up, and Mr. Osborne sees his grandson as adorable and takes him in to raise. Joseph retires and returns to England, bringing Amelia to live with him and making her the mistress of his household. When Joe's grandfather dies, he forgives Amelia and asks her to be Joe's guardian, leaving her a fortune. Dobbin returns to England with Joseph on the same ship. He declares his love to Amelia and proposes to her, but Amelia cannot forget George and refuses. Later, Amelia takes her son and Dobbin and Joseph abroad for a tour and meets the down-and-out Rebecca. Dobbin fails to propose to Amelia again and leaves her. At this time, Rebecca has a change of heart and produces the note George asked her to elope with, shattering Amelia's idol. Amelia and Dobbin finally come together.