Madame Desvarennes has built her Paris business house into a fortune by sheer will, and she rules her household the same way, until her daughter Micheline falls for Prince Serge Panine, a handsome Polish exile with debts and few scruples. Serge has already won the heart of Jeanne, the family’s adopted daughter, and the steady Pierre returns from abroad to find Micheline lost to him.
A polished society melodrama crowned by the French Academy, for readers who enjoy money, marriage and ambition in high Parisian life. Download the free EPUB.