Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Current Literature, Vol. 1: A Magazine of Record and Review; July-December, 1888
A beautiful character in fiction is like a beautiful picture in that it is a great gift to the people. Mr. Isaac Hender son is therefore to be thanked by all who have the delight of reading his new book, Agatha Page It is the story of a girl, the daughter of an Italian mother and an American father, who has been brought up with her cousin Mercede by her uncle, General Ricci. Mercede makes a runaway match, and, deserted by her-husband, turns her attention to sculpture and becomes a great artist. In the mean time Agatha is wooed and won by the Marquis Filippo Lorena. After some eight years of happy wedded life Mercede comes home, having conquered her place in the art world. She falls in love with her cousin's husband and success fully attracts him to her, while Agatha stands by, sees it all, realizes what it means to her and says nothing. Agatha determines to have faith in her husband's loyalty to her.
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