Song of the Wren

Published in 1972, The Song of the Wren contains some light entertainments in the style of the Uncle Silas tales, alongside some more serious stories concerning thwarted love, love triangles, and, in two of the cases, the violence that comes out of psyches twisted by love.

''The Song of the Wren'' features the intriguing Miss Shuttleworth as she spars with a young sociologist conducting a survey o...