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When Evangeline is delivered to live in a small mill town in Northern Britain as a schoolteacher in 1871, she detects herself struggling to squeeze in with a new culture. Brought up with the high-class Victorian beliefs and ideals of any sophisticated upbringing, she is unprepared for the poverty she detects in the gritty manufacturer town of Smeatley, where in fact the locals consult with a hard-to-understand Yorkshire highlight and battle to flourish with few resources or opportunities. Though she has no training as a educator, she must establish herself successful before her grandfather will release her significant inheritance to her and invite her to be reunited with her more youthful sister, the last remaining person in her family after having a fever claimed the lives of her parents and brothers. Evangeline's immediate change in circumstances is complicated when her aunt - a female who values course distinctions more than her family interactions - forbids her from acknowledging any link with her or even to her grandfather, Mr. Farr - the man who owns practically the complete town. For the first time in her life, Evangeline is actually alone. Heartbroken, she converts to the one person in town who shows her kindness - an Irish brick mason, Dermot, and his kid, Ronan. Regardless of the difference in their classes and backgrounds, Evangeline and Dermot become friends, due partly to her capacity to hook up with Ronan, whose tendencies requires special attention. The guy is uncomfortable around strangers and hardly ever even speaks to the other children in town. He often fixates on details other people ignore, and he adheres to specific, self-made rules that give his life order and structure; for example, Dermot's coat must be hung on a specific peg next to the entranceway. Evangeline endeavors to establish herself a deserving educator and earn the respect of her hard-to-understand students. Determined to find a way to expose them to "proper English" while still honoring their particular language and culture, she enlists the help of an area family to write down familiar experiences in the Yorkshire vernacular. Due to her attempts, the students and their own families warm to Evangeline and she remains to look for ways to provide the children a chance to become more than factory staff in the neighborhood cotton mill. When the town discovers of her upper-class position, Evangeline must work twice as hard to win back their trust - especially Dermot's. In the long run, Evangeline and Dermot discover that, even though they result from different social spheres, together they can conquer social prejudices, make an optimistic difference in the lives of even the humblest people, and revel in the power that comes when two hearts find one another. Ashes on the Moor is the motivating love story of one Victorian woman's courage to fight all probabilities, and the man whose quiet power gives her the assurance to keep seeking.
