Francis Hodgson Burnett

A Fair Barbarian Francis Hodgson Burnett

Octavia Bassett of Bloody Gulch, after a breakup with her sweetheart, decides to visit her Aunt Belinda in Slowbridge. Her apparel and automobile shock the inhabitants of Slowbridge, and tongues are set wagging at the musicale of Lady Theobald. Octavia matches wits with Captain Barold. Lady Theobald is anxious for the captain to marry her niece Lucia. However, Lucia loves Mr. Burmistone, a "common" mill owner. Just as Octavia has decided that she will marry the captain, her father and Jack Belasys, her ex-fiancé, arrive in Slowbridge. The pleasure of seeing Jack and the knowledge that she can return to Bloody Gulch reunite Jack and Octavia.