A uniquely American phenomenon is exactly what novelist John William DeForest called the “Terrific American Novel.” The definition of this expression is open to some interpretation, but, generally, it refers to the novel that captures the spirit and experience of everyday living in the United States as well as essence of the national charac

When Bonnie, a young female seeking to make her way in Victorian London fulfills Crawford, a wily trickster that has a mysterious earlier, she immediately falls beneath his spell. As they swindle town’s well-healed to help make finishes meet, Bonnie finds herself in hot water and Crawford promises to make it all go away. Some thing is relo