The Virgin’s Treasure: A Romance of the Tropics

TitleThe Virgin’s Treasure: A Romance of the Tropics
Year for Search1915
AuthorsGerard, [Amelia] Louise(1878-1979)
Tertiary AuthorsGerard, Louise
Pagination345 pp.
Date Published1915
PublisherMills & Boon
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Female author
Annotation

The novel is mostly romance and adventure but ends in a religious allegory in which a man struggles past the Tomb of Buried Hopes, the Tomb of Dead Desires, and the Plain of Despair and gets temporarily lost in the Mountains of Self-Abasement before winning through.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. London: Mills & Boon, [1919?].  245 pp.

Holding Institutions

C

Author Note

(1878-1979)

Full Text

1915 Gerard, [Amelia] Louise (1878-1979). The Virgin’s Treasure: A Romance of the Tropics. London: Mills & Boon. 310 pp. Rpt. London: Mills & Boon, [1919?].  245 pp. C

The novel is mostly romance and adventure but ends in a religious allegory in which a man struggles past the Tomb of Buried Hopes, the Tomb of Dead Desires, and the Plain of Despair and gets temporarily lost in the Mountains of Self-Abasement before winning through.