The Ragged Edge

"The Ragged Edge" by Harold MacGrath is a novel about China and the South Sea Islands. Driven by characters, this book was an instant success which even spawned a movie. The heroine has grown up on a South Sea island, the daughter of a dour, loveless missionary. At the age of 20 she escapes and is able to see the world for the first time and is finally able to fall in love.