Young Patrick O’Donnell, bound by a railway ticket to the Welsh marches, goes to visit the proud Squire Adister, whose daughter the Princess is linked to Patrick’s family by a love affair her father opposes. Meredith sets Irish dash against English solidity in Patrick, Captain Con O’Donnell and the Adister household, with all the wit and argument of his late style.
Unfinished at Meredith’s death and published in 1910, it shows a master at play with national character. Download the free EPUB.