Louis Neville, a successful painter from an old New York family, hires a young model, Valerie West, and finds himself in love with her. Valerie, independent and devoted, refuses to drag him down by marriage against his family’s wishes, and offers instead a love outside the law, a choice that scandalised readers in 1911.
A huge best-seller in its day, filmed more than once, and a vivid portrait of bohemian Manhattan. Download the free EPUB.