Charlemont

In springtime, Charlemont is a snug Kentucky village tucked among green hills. Yet its gardens are gone, its cottages lie in ruins, and “silence dwells lonely” where neighbors once gathered.

William Gilmore Simms sets his tale in a young Kentucky still finding its rules: beneath the beauty of April and the promise of a flourishing settlement, old frontier passions unsettle the peace. Two travelers arrive to view the village, while Margaret Cooper’s ambition and pride bring her into conflict with the expectations of its close-knit society. Here, a wrong may go unanswered—or provoke a vengeance of its own. What turned this sweet abiding place into a place no one would call home?

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