A Fool There Was

""A Fool There Was"" is a novel written by Porter Emerson Browne. The story revolves around a man named John Schuyler, who is a successful businessman and a devoted husband and father. However, his life takes a dark turn when he meets a seductive woman named Valeska. Despite his better judgment, John becomes obsessed with Valeska and leaves his family to be with her. Valeska, however, is not what she seems, and John soon finds himself caught in a web of deceit and betrayal. As his life spirals out of control, John realizes the true cost of his foolishness and must face the consequences of his actions. The novel explores themes of lust, temptation, and the destructive power of desire.It is of necessity that a story such as this should be episodical, lapsical, disconnected. Its inception lies in two countries, and of different people. And it is, in its beginnings, a story of contrasts. So one may be permitted again to say: At a time when pompous, ponderous, white-whiskered, black-suited old Dr. DeLancey was engaged in bringing to the daughter of Kathryn Blair a posthumous baby brother that, in the mystery of things, turned out after all to be a sister, a stranger chanced to be riding at dusk through the deep shades of the Bois du Nord, in Brittany.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.