TRYST

by Elswyth Thane ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 15, 1939

A far cry from Miss Thane's historical fiction and biography, this very gentle, whimsical and exceedingly pleasant love story of Sabrina, an imaginative, unworldly girl of seventeen and the British secret service agent who died on the Indian Northwest frontier. Sabrina's father takes the old house of Huns Farthing for the summer -- and Sabrina, exploring the locked room at the top of the house, attains a feeling of intimacy with the unknown owner through his possessions, Hilary, Just then Hilary is killed on the frontier, and he comes back to his old room. Sabrina is immediately conscious of his presence, and falls in love with the dead soldier watching over her. Her father and aunt, aware of the supernatural activities in the house, and Sabrina's strange behaviour decide to take her away -- but death intervenes and Sabrina joins Hilary. A very tender, charming story -- with an old-world and other-world quality. For those who liked Berkeley Square, The City Lies, Four-Square and so on.

Pub Date: March 15, 1939

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Harcourt, Brace

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1939

Categories: FICTION