Compton MacKenzie (1883–1972) is a classic author whose works are in the public domain.
MacKenzie's debut romance abandons drawing-room propriety for a breathless flight through Georgian England, where passion overrides social calculation and the lovers' witty sparring masks genuine emotional stakes. This is elopement fiction that treats its couple as intellectual equals rather than romantic clichés, rooted in sharp social observation and genuine affection.
