"The Little Lady of the Big House" is one of the most tender and romantic love stories in American literature. Jack London considered this novel his best work.
The plot is based on the classic love triangle involving the charming businessman Dick Forrest, his friend Evan Graham, who has returned from his travels, and Dick’s young wife Paola. Their complicated relationship and Paola’s suffering because she loves both men make the reader experience everything alongside the characters. The novel is full of intrigue and shows what power and depth feelings can have in love.