What a Man Wills

"What a Man Wills" by George de Horne Vaizey is a book from the late 19th century that tells the story of young people at a New Year's party in the countryside, who talk about what they hope to happen in the coming year, and the story explores what they want and how they try to get it; the story shows the search for love, big adventures, and becoming rich. As the guests sit around the fire, chatting, they reveal their deepest hopes, and their talks are funny mixed with seriousness, setting the scene for a story filled with dreams and the difficulties of making them real.