Stephen Norman, heiress of an old English estate, was given a boy’s name and brought up by her father to think and act as a son. Her childhood friend Harold An Wolf, a clergyman’s son, loves her silently, while she is drawn to the charming but worthless Leonard Everard. When Stephen takes the bold step of proposing marriage herself, the consequences shape both their lives.
A curious 1905 romance from the author of Dracula, preoccupied with what it means to be a woman or a man. Download the free EPUB.