If Winter Comes (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: A. S. M. Hutchinson
- First Published: 1920
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social criticism
- Time of Work: 1912-1919
- Setting: Southern England
- Principal Characters: Mark Sabre, Mabel Sabre, Lady Nona Tybar, Mr. Fortune, Mr. Twyning, Harold Twyning, Effie Bright
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Values, Suicide, Marriage, 1910’s, England or English people, World War I, Idealism, Soldiers, Merchants
- Locales: England
The Story:
Most of his friends thought Mark Sabre an odd sort, in spite of the normal life he led. He was married to a girl of his own class and worked in the very respectable firm of Fortune, East, and Sabre, suppliers for the best churches and schools in England. It was his attitude toward life that seemed unusual. He had no definite convictions about anything, and he could always see both sides of any controversy. He hated the restrictions that convention placed on people; but at the same time, he believed that conventions were based on sound principles. Mabel Sabre, one of...
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