The Year Of Delight (1921)

The Year of Delight is a novel written by Margaret Widdemer and first published in 1921. The story is set in a small town in Connecticut, USA, and follows the lives of the inhabitants during the year 1918. The novel is divided into twelve chapters, one for each month of the year, and each chapter focuses on a different character and their experiences.The novel begins in January with the introduction of the main character, Anne, who is a young woman living with her aunt and uncle. Anne is a schoolteacher and is engaged to a man named John, who is serving in the army during World War I. As the year progresses, Anne faces challenges in her personal and professional life, including a difficult student in her class and the uncertainty of John's return from the war.Other characters in the novel include Anne's aunt and uncle, who are struggling financially and emotionally, a group of women who form a knitting club to support the war effort, and a young couple who fall in love despite their families' disapproval.Throughout the novel, Widdemer explores themes of love, loss, sacrifice, and the impact of war on small-town America. The Year of Delight is a poignant and heartwarming novel that captures the spirit of a bygone era and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.