The Ruling Passion (Perfect Library)

Van Dyke, Henry

ISBN 10: 1512090719 / ISBN 13: 9781512090710

Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishi, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ruling Passion (Perfect Library)
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishi
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1512090719
• ISBN 13: 9781512090710
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

First published in 1901 as The Ruling Passion: Tales of Nature and Human Nature, this classic collection by Henry Van Dyke brings together short stories in which ordinary people are guided—sometimes quietly, sometimes dramatically—by the one desire that rules their hearts.

Set against “Nature’s stage,” these tales blend warm storytelling with keen observation, moral tension, and a gentle, reflective tone. From devotion to art and duty to the stubborn pull of love, ambition, or conscience, Van Dyke shows how small choices and chance events can reveal character in full. The volume includes stories such as “A Lover of Music”and “The Reward of Virtue,” among others.

From the Inside Flap

re to the sleepy village of Thornton Lacey is only a morning's drive, but for Detective Sergeant Peter Pascoe, the distance will close off part of his life forever. Motoring down for a reunion with old friends, he arrives to find not a welcome but a grisly triple murder. Out of his jurisdiction, Pascoe is in an untenable position: one of his oldest friends is wanted for murder, his boss is ordering him back to Yorkshire, and his instincts are telling him that the local constabulary will never suspect that the crime's true motive lies not in the obvious places, but in the unexplored zones of passion within a twisted heart.