Harrington: A Story of True Love

"Harrington: A Story of True Love" by William Douglas O'Connor is a novel set in a Southern plantation during a time of immense division over slavery, where love and suffering collide. The beginning introduces the cruel Mr. Torwood Lafitte and his unhappy wife, Josephine, whose troubled marriage contrasts sharply with the suffering of those enslaved on their land. As Josephine expresses her unhappiness to her brutal husband, the story highlights the harsh conditions and emotional pain experienced by everyone living on the plantation. The narrative starts with rising tension in a heated atmosphere, foreshadowing a story of love, oppression, and the desire for freedom. A man named Antony is expected to be part of the intertwining story with the Lafittes.