J. Milton Northwick, a wealthy and respected New England mill treasurer, has quietly been embezzling for years. When the defalcation is about to come out he slips away by train and across the border into Quebec, and Howells follows both the fugitive in the frozen country of the Saguenay and the daughters and townspeople left to deal with the disgrace.
A searching realist novel on guilt, society and responsibility for crime, from the dean of American letters. Download the free EPUB.