A Change of Air
by Anthony Hope
From the author of The Prisoner of Zenda. A very smart performance with small touches reminiscent of both Balzac and Meredith... endowed with exceptional originality. In this 1893 novel, the young poet Dale Bannister suddenly finds himself the owner of fame and fortune. He moves to the town of Denborough, where he buys out the enemy Squire Delane and his equally unwanted assistant, Dr. Roberts.