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Highacres is a novel written by Jane D. Abbott in 1920. The story revolves around the life of a young woman named Barbara, who inherits a large estate called Highacres from her grandfather. She moves to the estate with her mother and sister, and begins to explore the vast property... Read Full Overview

Highacres is a novel written by Jane D. Abbott and first published in 1920. The story revolves around the life of a young woman named Anne Severance who has recently inherited a large estate called Highacres. Anne is a strong and independent woman who is determined to make a... Read Full Overview

Book Excerpt: ...ry had led her new friend only a little way down the sharply-descending trail when suddenly the trees, which had crowded thickly on either side, opened on a clearing where roses and hollyhocks, phlox, sweet-william, petunias and great purple-hearted asters bloomed... Read Full Overview

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If John Westley had not deliberately run away from his guide that August morning and lost himself on Kettle Mountain, he would never have found the Wishing-rock, nor the Witches' Glade, nor Miss Jerauld Travis. Even a man whose hair has begun to grow a little gray over his ears... Read Full Overview

If John Westley had not deliberately run away from his guide that August morning and lost himself on Kettle Mountain, he would never have found the Wishing-rock, nor the Witches' Glade, nor Miss Jerauld Travis. Even a man whose hair has begun to grow a little gray over his ears... Read Full Overview