The chase
or, Along fatal love chase
About this book
Roasamond Vivian, a young girl living with her bitter grandfather, yearns for excitement. When Phillip Tempest pays a visit, Rosamond finds herself charmed by him, though he is nearly twice her age and quite obviously "not a saint." She declares that she would gladly pay a price for happiness, and, thinking that she might change him with her love, marries Tempest a month later. She has no idea just how she'll pay for her decision. The plot is obviously Faustian, with references throughout to Mephistopheles; early in the novel, Rosamond says, "I often feel as if I'd gladly sell my soul to Satan for a year of freedom."
Subjects
- 18.06 anglo-american literature
- american fiction (fictional works by one author)
- authors
- concord (mass.)
- europe, fiction
- fiction
- history
- large type books
- love stories
- man-woman relationships, fiction
- married women
- obsession (psychology)
- obsessive-compulsive disorder
- psychological fiction
- relationship addiction
- separation (psychology)
- suspense fiction
- young women