Publisher's Synopsis
From the author of The Prisoner of Zenda. A highly clever performance with little touches that recall both Balzac and Meredith...is endowed with exceeding originality. In this 1893 novel, a young poet, Dale Bannister, suddenly finds himself possessed of fame and fortune. He moves to the town of Denborough, where he acquires an enemy, Squire Delane, and an equally unwelcome acolyte, Dr. Roberts.
