Cora Madison is the reigning beauty of a Midwestern city, adored by suitors and indulged at home, while her plainer sister Laura loves silently and her small brother Hedrick watches everything with venom. When the elegant Valentine Corliss returns to the town that bears his family name, with a scheme that needs local money, Cora’s appetite for admiration draws the whole household into danger.
Sharp, funny and unsparing, it shows Tarkington’s eye for small-town manners at its best. Download the free EPUB.