Mark Sabre, called ‘Puzzlehead’ at school, is thirty-four in 1912, unhappily married to the conventional Mabel and living in the village of Penny Green. He sees every side of every question, which makes him generous and easy to misjudge. The novel follows him through the war years as an act of kindness brings scandal down on him, and through his love for Nona.
One of the great bestsellers of the early 1920s, a moving novel about decency under pressure. Download the free EPUB.