Told partly through the journal of Miss Susan Standish, the novel opens on a summer house-party at Nepaug, a plain boarding-house on the New England shore within sight of grander villas. Picnics on the beach, a Fourth of July celebration, sailing on the Mary Ann and a group of friends including the Davitts and Nora Costello frame the faults, friendships and fortunes of the young man of the title.
A quiet, observant 1890s novel of character and manners by a writer better known for colonial-era romances. Download the free EPUB.