"Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance" by Amelia E. Barr tells the tale of Peter Van Hoosen, a talented stone builder, and his cherished daughter, Adriana, in a late 19th-century setting. The story explores the deep connection between father and daughter, highlighting Peter's immense pride in Adriana's intelligence and charm, which he believes will give her a better life. As Adriana pursues her studies and forms friendships, particularly with the wealthy Filmer family, she starts to fall in love with Harry Filmer, and the book explores the conflicts that arise between personal desires and societal norms, especially concerning class differences. The story is a study of the challenges of love, the weight of expectations, forgiveness, and the complicated connections that bind families together.
Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance
By Amelia E. Barr
In a world divided by class, a father’s pride in his daughter’s potential is tested as she navigates love, social expectations, and the question of forgiving a wrong that could change everything.
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About the AuthorAmelia Edith Huddleston Barr was a British novelist and teacher. Many of the plots of her stories are laid in Scotland and England. The scenes are from her girlhood recollection of surroundings. Her works include, Jan Vedder's Wife, A Border Shepherdess, Feet of Clay, Friend Olivia, The Bow of Orange Ribbon, Remember the Alamo, She Loved a Sailor, A Daughter of Fife, The Squire of Sanddal Side, Paul and Christina, Master of His Fate, The Household of McNeil, The Last of the Macallisters, Between Two Loves, A Sister to Esau, A Rose of a Hundred Leaves, A Singer from the Sea, The Beads of Tasmer, The Hallam Succession, The Lone House, Christopher and Other Stories, The Lost Silver of Briffault.
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr was a British novelist and teacher. Many of the plots of her stories are laid in Scotland and England. The scenes are from her girlhood recollection of surroundings. Her works include, Jan Vedder's Wife, A Border Shepherdess, Feet of Clay, Friend Olivia, The Bow of Orange Ribbon, Remember the Alamo, She Loved a Sailor, A Daughter of Fife, The Squire of Sanddal Side, Paul and Christina, Master of His Fate, The Household of McNeil, The Last of the Macallisters, Between Two Loves, A Sister to Esau, A Rose of a Hundred Leaves, A Singer from the Sea, The Beads of Tasmer, The Hallam Succession, The Lone House, Christopher and Other Stories, The Lost Silver of Briffault.
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