Early Autumn. The Story of a Lady

In the old mansion Pentland House, portraits of stern representatives of the high society of New England hang on the walls of the endless gallery. They were the true rulers of the city of Durham and its surroundings, unreachable in their grandeur. The current generation of the Pentland family is struggling to maintain this reputation, but their world is rapidly declining. Olivia Pentland is about to turn forty. She barely tolerates her stiff husband, their son is incurably ill, and their daughter is in love with a young man who has a bad reputation. Olivia feels that the autumn of her life has already arrived, and soon winter will come. Will she manage to discover what true happiness is? Perhaps the answer to this question is known to her cousin, the daring, extravagant, red-haired Sabina Callender, who has suddenly returned from Europe…

The novel by the famous American writer Louis Bromfield, "Early Autumn," was published in 1926 and brought the author international fame. A year later, the novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.