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Stella Maris

William John Locke

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .tra turn of work; on the latter he sat idly growling at defeat.

At this period of his career he was assistant-editor of a weekly review, in charge of the book-column of an evening newspaper, the contributor of a signed weekly article on general subjects to the “Daily Herald,” and of a weekly London letter to an American syndicate. From this it will be seen that for a man not yet thirty he had achieved a position in journalism envied by many who had grown gray-headed in the game. But as Risca had written three or four novels which had all been rejected by all the publishers in London, he chose to regard himself as a man foiled in his ambitions. He saw himself doomed to failure. For him was the eternal toil of ploughing the sand; the Garden of Delight cultivated by the happy Blest—such as Fawcus of the club, who boasted of making over a thousand pounds for every. . . Read More

Community Reviews

I'm very fond of Locke's work but although this was tremendously popular (and filmed twice) I didn't like it as much as his others. Locke thrived on highly improbable plots which swing from laughter to tragedy. This one is a generally realistic book (that is, the plot doesn't strain credulity) but t

This is slightly different work from locke more serious overtones including usual romance conflict of loyalities and victorian type melodrama. It was made into film with Mary pickford in the 1929s. The Story is less believable than other works. But the great part is the way locke draws each characte