| Notes: First edition. No jacket. Bookplate and ink name. 1909 Hard Cover. 326 pp. Once Mr. Opp falls for the younger Genieve, he gets stuck trying to be a man of importance in order to win her over. The kindly, fun Mr. Opp introduced to the reader in the beginning is lost to an imposter, trying desperately to win over a woman and town. By the time the truly goodhearted Mr. Opp is humbled and returns to form, the story is at its end and his heroic and loyal stance of sacrificing self-accomplishment and success for family loyalty and obligation seems almost a pity, instead of heroic. |