Esther Waters is a novel by George Moore which is Set in England from the early 1870s onward, the novel is about a pious young woman from a poor working-class family who, while working as a kitchen maid, is seduced by another employee, becomes pregnant, is deserted by her lover, and against all odds decides to raise her child as a single mother.
 
* It has the signature of Hilda Lewis, another prolific author, in pencil at the front.