The moors and valleys of Miss Bentley's Native Yorkshire and the mill
town of Hudley, just a few miles away from the Ire Valley of her novel
Inheritance, form the scene of this new audiobook. A Modern Tragedy
is the dramatic story of Walter Haigh, who makes his entrance as an
enthusiastic, ambitious, rather innocent young fellow, starting in the
textile business with his father's old employers, the Lumbs, at Valley
Mill.
Early in the story, Walter leaves Valley Mill and takes a position with
the wily Leonard Tasker, of Victory Mills. He becomes apparently
prosperous, makes his way into the more aristocratic society of the
town, and falls in love with beautiful Elaine Crosland. Until the
depression pulls down Tasker's business, and everything changes...