A Lover's Quarrel V1: Or The County Ball is a novel written by Harriet Maria Gordon Smythies and originally published in 1858. The story revolves around the romantic entanglements of a group of young people in a small English town. The main character, Mary Lennox, is torn between her love for two men, the dashing Captain Edward Granville and the kind-hearted Mr. George Selby. As Mary tries to navigate her feelings and decide which man to choose, she...