D: The Bell (1958)

originally titled 'The Great Bell'

chars:636,132

words: 114,835

chapters: 26

 

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'The Bell was very well received. In the first year it sold over 30,000 copies, which was far more than any of her novels had ever sold before.' [cite]

based in part on Anglo-Benedictine Malling Abbey in Kent and its Abbess, Dame Magdalene Mary
Euan-Smith

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animals: Murphy (brown terrier dog)

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