Mona Caird: 3 books

Mona Caird's powerful novella tells the story of three young people, and the love triangle that leads them to challenge the prejudices of their rural community. Originally published in 1891, Caird's study of the conflict between social expectations and individual choice is at once a moving character...

IT was only just light enough to discern the five human forms in the dimness of the garret; the rays of the moon having to find their way through the deep window-embrasures of the keep. Less illumination would have sufficed to disclose the ancient character of the garret, with its low ceiling, and...

During the night there was a great and unexplained tumult: rustling sounds in the little courtyard to which our rooms looked out; whisperings along the corridors; distant bangings; footsteps, voices—or was it the remaining rumours of a dream? Then a great sigh and a surging among the shrubs in the...