Mary Anderson

'Mary Anderson' is a romance novel written by J. Maurice Farrar. The story unfolds as a young woman of stunning beauty plays a passionate song on an organ in her house near the shore in Long Branch, New Jersey, during a summer storm. This woman is none other than our protagonist: Mary Anderson. An actress and a musician, she is described as fearless, tender, and graceful, with classic features and auburn hair. At times she recites Shakespeare in the neighboring grove, or stands on the veranda under the moonlight, becoming a modern-day Juliet.