English author George Meredith wrote a novella titled The House on the Beach: A Realistic Tale. It is a story of a young woman who is forced by conscience to enter into an unsuitable engagement with a much older man who threatens to out her father's secret that he was a deserter. The protagonist is so indulging that readers will be compelled to turn the pages. Twists and turn in the plot can engage a reader. The book is divided into twelve chapters...