Published in 1898, Linnet: A Romance is a novel by Grant Allen — a Canadian-born British writer who was both prolific and controversial in the late Victorian period, best remembered today for his scandalous novel The Woman Who Did (1895). Linnet is set in the Tyrolean Alps and draws on Allen’s enthusiasm for European landscapes and cultures, weaving a romance around its Tyrolean singer heroine.
Allen’s fiction is notable for its cosmopolitan settings and its engagement with the progressive social ideas of the 1890s. Download this free EPUB from Better Gutenberg for the complete text of this engaging Victorian romance.