Gathered around a wood fire through a New England winter, a small circle of friends, among them the Parson, the Mistress, the Young Lady and the Fire Tender, talk their way through evening after evening. Warner records their conversations on the decline of the hearth, manners, religion, women, travel, grumbling and literature, mixing gentle satire with nostalgia.
Fireside essays from Mark Twain’s collaborator on The Gilded Age, best enjoyed on a cold night. Download the free EPUB.