Viola Gwyn

Viola Gwyn is a novel written by George Barr McCutcheon. The story revolves around a young woman named Viola Gwyn who is the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Viola is a beautiful and intelligent woman who has been sheltered her entire life. She longs for adventure and excitement, but her father is overprotective and doesn't want her to leave home. One day, Viola meets a young man named Jack Dornton who is a struggling artist. They fall in love, but Viola's father disapproves of their relationship. Viola and Jack decide to elope, but their plan is foiled by Viola's father who has them arrested. Viola's father is determined to break up their relationship and sends Viola away to Europe. While in Europe, Viola meets a wealthy aristocrat named Count von Rischenheim who proposes to her. Viola accepts the proposal, but she is still in love with Jack. The rest of the novel follows Viola's struggle to choose between her love for Jack and her duty to marry the Count. The story is full of romance, drama, and adventure as Viola tries to navigate her way through the challenges of love and society.1922. Frontispiece by E. C. Caswell. The book begins: Kenneth Gwynne was five years old when his father ran away with Rachel Carter, a widow. This was in the spring of 1812, and in the fall his mother died. His grandparents brought him up to hate Rachel Carter, an evil woman. She was his mother's friend and she had slain her with the viper's tooth. From the day that his questioning intelligence seized upon the truth that had been so carefully withheld from him by his brokenhearted mother and those who spoke behind the hand when he was near, from that day he hated Rachel Carter with all his hot and outraged heart. He came to think of her as the embodiment of all that was evil, for those were the days when there was not middle-ground for sin and women were either white or scarlet. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.