Johnny Ludlow, Sixth Series

The author, Ellen Wood (January 1814 - February 1887) was an English novelist, who wrote under the pen name Mrs. Henry Wood. In her day she was very popular and famous, on par with Charles Dickens. The lead character in these stories, Johnny Ludlow, was an orphan boy living in the country house of Squire Todhetley and the squire's second wife who was also his stepmother. In the course of many stories, he has all kinds of experiences, adventures, and relationships, and the many characters are interconnected rather like a modern soap opera