Arthur sets a group of young men and women from the town of S—— at the start of life and follows them for twenty years. Some choose steadiness and honest work; others choose fashion, drink and easy money, and the old Allen house becomes a measure of what each path brings. A belle spoiled by city life is among the casualties.
Classic moral fiction from the author of Ten Nights in a Bar-Room, a window on American middle-class values. Download the free EPUB.