"The Ordeal: A Mountain Romance of Tennessee" by Charles Egbert Craddock is a story that unfolds in the scenic Great Smoky Mountains, exploring love, sorrow, and tangled relationships. Cousins Edward Briscoe and Julian Bayne find themselves caught in a web of emotions spun from their shared history with the captivating Lillian Royston. The book begins in a quiet mountain home, filled with a sense of unease as Edward awaits Julian's visit. Their reunion stirs up old feelings and unspoken tensions, especially when they realize Lillian, Julian's former love, is also coming to visit, the stage is set for confrontations and emotional discoveries.
The Ordeal: A Mountain Romance of Tennessee
By Charles Egbert Craddock
Amidst the majestic mountains, a reunion ignites old flames and hidden resentments as two cousins confront a shared past love who threatens to disrupt their lives.
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About the AuthorMary Noailles Murfree was an American author of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian literature, although a number of characters in her work reinforce negative stereotypes about the region. She has been favorably compared to Bret Harte and Sarah Orne Jewett, creating post-Civil War American local-color literature.
Mary Noailles Murfree was an American author of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian literature, although a number of characters in her work reinforce negative stereotypes about the region. She has been favorably compared to Bret Harte and Sarah Orne Jewett, creating post-Civil War American local-color literature.
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