Publisher's Synopsis
""Adam Johnstone's Son and A Rose of Yesterday"" is a novel written by F. Marion Crawford. The book tells the story of two separate individuals, Adam Johnstone and Rose Trevelyan, and how their lives intersect. Adam is the son of a wealthy businessman who becomes embroiled in a scandal that ruins his family's reputation. Rose, on the other hand, is a young woman who is forced to marry a man she does not love.As the story progresses, Adam and Rose meet and fall in love. However, their happiness is short-lived as they face various obstacles, including the disapproval of their families and the societal norms of the time. The novel also explores themes such as love, loyalty, and the consequences of one's actions.Written in the late 19th century, ""Adam Johnstone's Son and A Rose of Yesterday"" provides a glimpse into the Victorian era and its societal norms. The novel is known for its vivid descriptions of the characters and their surroundings, as well as its exploration of complex emotions and relationships. Overall, it is a timeless tale of love and redemption that continues to captivate readers to this day.1895. With frontispiece. F. Marion Crawford was one of the more famous authors in the English-speaking world at the time of his death in 1909. He wrote over forty novels, most of which were in the style of disposable romances popular at the time. He also wrote stories of the horror and occult, which are generally the ones for which he is remembered today. Adam Johnstone's Son begins: I sometimes think that one's past life is written in foreign language, said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward. When one wants to read it, one finds ever so many words which one cannot understand, and one has to look them out in a sort of unfamiliar dictionary, and try to make sense of the sentences as best one can. Only the big things are clear. A Rose of Yesterday begins: I wonder what he meant by it, said Sylvia, turning again in her chair, so that the summer light, softened and tinted by the drawn blinds, might fall upon the etching she held. 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.
