The Fatal Error

T.S. Arthur was an American editor and popular author of fiction and non-fiction works. He became famous for his novels – 'Ten Nights in a Bar-Room' and 'What I Saw There', - which helped demonize alcohol in the eyes of the American public. Most of his works were oriented on disseminate the values, beliefs, and habits that defined respectable, decorous middle-class life in antebellum America.

"The Fatal Error" is the story about Margaret Hubert, typical American very correct young lady, who was captivated by Philipp Clinton, but she does not displayed her real feelings. She demonstrated the indifference and displeasing, that conflict with her real feelings, because of false dignity and women self-esteem. But these actions could be the cause of the fatal error in her life...