This wildly popular romance from British writer Marie Corelli begins as a classic fish-out-of-water story. The eponymous heroine Thelma, an innocent Norwegian girl, is plucked by a suitor from her family and inserted into the upper echelons of British high society. Will she retain her purity of heart, or will she give in to the debasement that encompasses her?
This wildly popular romance from British writer Marie Corelli begins as a classic fish-out-of-water story. The eponymous heroine Thelma, an innocent Norwegian girl, is plucked by a suitor from her family and inserted into the upper echelons of British high society. Will she retain her purity of heart, or will she give in to the debasement that encompasses her?