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Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1844-1924) was an English journalist, editor and author. He received his BA from Queen's College, Oxford in 1865 and his MA in 1868, was a lecturer in logic at King's College, London from 1865-72, and deputy professor of classical literature from 1866-73. Having previously written for The Standard he took over as editor of The Fortnightly Review in 1882 but in 1886 resigned from the position having suffered a physical ...

The setting of this novel is Auckland and the dairying country of the Waikato. The landscape, the climate, the farming routine, are strongly evoked, but it is the subtlety and power with which the growing and dying of a marriage are related which makes the novel memorable.