Literature
The Allesbury Werewolf
I was born under the wealthy name of Allesbury. We had no relation to nobility, but we were a successful merchant family, my father having inherited an overseas trading company when he came of age, my grandfather retiring to a quiet mountain estate.
I was the sort of eldest son that my father had hoped for. I found that I quite enjoyed economics, fortunate for me, because I would have learned it anyway. I also took up geology as a hobby, reading up on it as much as I could, taking outings whenever the weather would allow to add to my collection. I had two younger sisters, and I got along well with my family for the most part, and life went
