Peter Westcott grows up at Scaw House on the Cornish coast under a harsh father, carrying with him an old man’s saying that life matters less than the courage you bring to it. He escapes to London, where Dawson’s bookshop becomes both his gate to life and his gate to hell, and where friendship, love, writing and failure all test that courage.
The 1913 novel that made Walpole’s name, a big-hearted story of endurance. Download the free EPUB.