John Fenwick, a self-taught painter from the Westmoreland fells, goes to London to make his name, leaving his young wife Phoebe and their child in the north. His pride and secrecy, his hunger for recognition, and the friendship of a cultivated patroness drive husband and wife apart in a story of art, ambition and marriage.
A serious Edwardian novel about the cost of artistic ambition from one of the era’s most widely read novelists. Download the free EPUB.