An Outcast; Or, Virtue and Faith

"An Outcast; Or, Virtue and Faith" by F. Colburn Adams is a story centered around the trials of people struggling with morality, justice, and renewal in 1800s Charleston and New York. The novel immerses the reader in a world of social disorder as a young woman, haunted by loss in a city of disease and abandonment, becomes involved in a web of complex interactions. She mourns the death of a friend, labeled an outcast, setting out to navigate a world filled with questionable characters and shadowed morality. Against a backdrop of fear, moral conflict, and the search for understanding, the central character faces hard choices leading to a deeper understanding of both social judgment and the chance of forgiveness.