Physical description

474 p. : plain red cover, orange spine (faded). Title and author's name embossed on front cover and embossed in gold on spine.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten at top of title page "G. N. Lewers". (Gertrude Nora Lewers was a daughter of Linton's first bank manager Samuel Lewers.)

Summary

Explores themes of love, social expectation and personal happiness. In four parts, reflecting the cycle of life: I. 'Impulse', II. 'Illusion', III. 'Disenchantment', IV. 'Reconciliation'.