The Moonstone

The Moonstone

by

Wilkie Collins

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In 19th-century England, the overseer who managed a landed family’s estate. This was Gabriel Betteredge’s job for most of his life, until he grew old and Lady Julia Verinder made him something of a butler instead (the post he occupies during the events of the novel).
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Bailiff Term Timeline in The Moonstone

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The Loss of the Diamond: Gabriel Betteredge: Chapter 2
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...and Julia thought Betteredge indispensable, and Betteredge loved them both. Julia made Betteredge their lands’ bailiff, and with a cottage, interesting work, and Robinson Crusoe, all Betteredge needed in life was... (full context)