William Stearns Davis 1 hr 40 min read

Jerome of the Dragon's Dale, Witch Martha, and the maid Agnes people a fantastical medieval tale of saints and sorcery, told with old-world charm.

William Stearns Davis's 1903 novel is an atmospheric medieval fantasy-romance. Vivid, imaginative, gracefully told. Read it for a richly drawn tale of the Middle Ages, a would-be saint, a witch, a fair maid, and the marvels of a dragon-haunted dale, from a noted historical novelist and Harvard scholar.

In its time

Published in 1903, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

1 hr 40 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

Margaret West Kinney