A Christmas Eve Suit

by Edward Payson Roe

A young lawyer is interested in two women and decides to court one of them during the Christmas holiday season. But, which one will he choose?

Annotated edition.

Genres: Holiday

23 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2013

About the author

Reverend Edward Payson Roe (1838-1888) was an American novelist born in Moodna, Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 he became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S. V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he moved to Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals. Amongst his works are Barriers Burned Away (1872), What Can She Do? (1873), Opening a Chestnut Burr (1874), Near to Nature's Heart (1876), A Face Illumined (1878), Success with Small Fruits (1880), A Day of Fate (1880), Without a Home (1881), An Unexpected Result (1883), His Sombre Rivals (1884), A Young Girl's Wooing (1884), An Original Belle (1885), He Fell in Love with His Wife (1886), Driven Back to Eden (1886) and The Earth Trembled (1887).

Reviews

[Tym · Rating 2 out of 5]

My prejudice against lawyers makes the protagonist hard to root for.

[Vintagebooklvr · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this. It may not seem to be a romantic approach to finding a mate but way too many people fall in love and just want the romance and being completely blind to compatibility and realistic aspects of life so seek divorce so quickly. This doesn't preclude the chance of romance or even attraction.

It is also written well.

[K. Anna Kraft · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have arranged my thoughts into a haiku as best as I could:

"Cheeky, but fitting
That a blind test should begin
And end a courtship."

[Bridget Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars 🌟