Carnacs Folly, Volume 1.

It's sad really, that such a beautifully written story can be so overlooked, because I found it a treasure! A story of a young man, the second son born to a wealthy family in French-speaking Canada. His father, a business owner, had cut his brother off prior to A first review done by a first-time reviewer! His father, a business owner, had cut his brother off prior to the story because he went to work for the enemy, the direct competition. However Carnac wants to follow his own path as an artist, rather than his father's wish for him to take over the family business.

While in New York, by chance he meets a french woman named Luzanne, who ends up posing for a painting he later sold. Luzanne quickly falls in love with Carnac who, although he finds her beautiful enough to paint, still holds a childhood sweetheart in his heart.

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Luzanne's father makes a plan to trick Carnac and to ensure that she would have him forever. By their deceit, Carnac finds himself in a legally-binding but unwanted marriage. Unable to fix his mistake, he returns home without her. His father becomes increasingly frustrated with his son's lack of interest in the business. He takes on another business partner, an ambitious acquaintance of Carnac's.

The father makes a plan that in his will, Carnac will receive nothing of the business and will believe himself cut off like his brother, though a second will was written that would be revealed some six months later. Everyone has secrets, big secrets. It is not just Carnac and his "wife", but his father and even mother have secrets. There is always fear that their secrets will be revealed and all would be lost. If I continued, it would end up a spoiler!

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All in all, it was a wonderful read. The characters are interesting and the plot, though at times a little unbelievable in the coincidences, flows nicely. I really enjoyed reading this book! It contained many of the things I like: Love, rejection, revenge, deceit and politics.

Sometimes the best stories are subtle, but draw you in and leave a lasting impression. And some of the best books are the least read. Jul 11, Herman Gigglethorpe rated it liked it Shelves: Carnac's Folly is a Canadian variant of the Victorian sensation novel genre published. There's that fellow Barouche -- Barode Barouche -- he's got no money, but he's a Minister, and he can make you rich or poor by planning legislation at Ottawa that'll benefit or hamper you. But as for one of Barouche 's chapter of policy Carnac almost sprang to his feet in protest when Barouche declared it.

Carnac's Folly, Volume 3. As Carnac listened he kept framing the words not yet issued, but which did issue from Barouche 's mouth; his quick intelligence correctly imagined the line Barouche would take; again and again Barouche made. Presently there were fluctuations in favour of Carnac, and the six hundred by which Barouche led were steadily swallowed up; he saw that among the places which gave Carnac a majority were the Island and the.

He did not know the secret of Luzanne Larue, but he did realize there was conflict between Junia Shale and Barouche , and between Barouche and Carnac Grier, and that enlisted his cooperation. He had to trot along fast, because Barouche and Marmette were going hard, and he could not see his way to be of use yet.

He was too old an agent to believe in returns till all were in, and he knew of the two incidents by which Carnac had got advantage -- at the Island over Eugene Grandois, and at the Mill over Roudin the very day of polling; and it was at these points he had hoped to score for Barouche. His father becomes increasingly frustrated with his son's lack of interest in the business.

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He takes on another business partner, an ambitious acquaintance of Carnac's. The father makes a plan that in his will, Carnac will receive nothing of the business and will believe himself cut off like his brother, though a second will was written that would be revealed some six months later. Everyone has secrets, big secrets.

It is not just Carnac and his "wife", but his father and even mother have secrets. There is always fear that their secrets will be revealed and all would be lost. If I continued, it would end up a spoiler! All in all, it was a wonderful read. The characters are interesting and the plot, though at times a little unbelievable in the coincidences, flows nicely. I really enjoyed reading this book! It contained many of the things I like: Love, rejection, revenge, deceit and politics. Sometimes the best stories are subtle, but draw you in and leave a lasting impression. And some of the best books are the least read.

Jul 11, Herman Gigglethorpe rated it liked it Shelves: Carnac's Folly is a Canadian variant of the Victorian sensation novel genre published. It sure doesn't seem like a 20th century book! Carnac Grier is the son of a Canadian logging tycoon, but decides he'd rather have a career in the fine arts rather than managing the family business. He meets a suspicious French woman in New York named Luzanne, and is tricked into marrying her in a Carnac's Folly is a Canadian variant of the Victorian sensation novel genre published.

Our protagonist isn't the only one with things to hide. There are secret murders and secret love affairs too. One character drops dead as soon as he hears a vague hint about one of these backstory complications. Carnac and other Canadians have mastered the powers of clairvoyance and physiognomy, because they can accurately analyze someone's personality based on dubious assumptions about their appearance.

Luzanne looks like an "adventuress", an insult ripped from s British novels. They say sensation novels went out of fashion late in the 19th century in Britain, but the genre must have lasted longer in Canada. Gilbert Parker was once one of the bestselling authors of the early 20th century, but has since fallen into obscurity.