Alva Vine: Or Art Versus Duty (1880)

by Henri Gordon

Book Overview

Alva Vine: Or Art Versus Duty is a novel written by Henri Gordon and first published in 1880. The story follows the life of the protagonist, Alva Vine, a young woman who is torn between her passion for art and her sense of duty to her family. Alva is an aspiring painter who dreams of becoming a great artist, but her father, a wealthy businessman, wants her to marry a man of his choosing and settle down into a life of domesticity. As Alva struggles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1166460622
• ISBN13: 9781166460624
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"