Monthly Archives: March 2022

The First and the Last

The First and the Last by John Galsworthy

The First and the Last by John Galsworthy

Larry Durrant is a bit of a disappointment to his family, and even more so when he kills the husband of his lover Wanda. The husband, Henry Wallen, showed up on Wanda’s doorstep after being missing for a long time. Henry threatens to kill Wanda and Larry decides to kill him.

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A Spinner in the Sun

A Spinner in the Sun by Myrtle Reed

A Spinner in the Sun by Myrtle Reed

Myrtle Reed may always be depended upon to write a story in which poetry, charm, tenderness and humor are combined into a clever and entertaining book. Her characters are delightful and she always displays a quaint humor of expression and a quiet feeling of pathos which give a touch of active realism to all her writings. In “A Spinner in the Sun” she tells an old-fashioned love story, of a veiled lady who lives in solitude and whose features her neighbors have never seen. There is a mystery at the heart of the book that throws over it the glamour of romance

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Master of the Vineyard

Master of the Vineyard by Myrtle Reed

Master of the Vineyard by Myrtle Reed

“Why don’t you sell the vineyard?” she asked, though her heart sank at the mere suggestion. “Sell it? Why didn’t the Ancient Mariner sell his albatross and take a nice little trip around the world on the proceeds? Mother would die of a broken heart if I mentioned it to her. The Marsh family have been the slaves of that vineyard since the first mistaken ancestor went into the grape business. We’ve fertilised it, pruned it, protected it, tied it up, sat up nights with it, fanned the insects away from it, hired people to pick the fruit and pack it, fed the people, entertained them, sent presents to their wives and children—we’ve done everything! And what have we had for it? Only a very moderate living, all the grapes we could eat, and a few bottles of musty old wine. “Mother, of course, has very little to do with it, and, to her, it has come to represent some sort of entailed possession that becomes more sacred every year. It’s a family heirloom, like a title, or some very old and valuable piece of jewelry. Other people have family plate and family traditions, but we’ve got a vineyard, or, to speak more truthfully, it has us.”

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