Before he succumbed to a fatal case of tuberculosis at the age of 28, author Stephen Crane penned five remarkably accomplished novels, not to mention dozens of short stories, essays, and sketches. The novel The Third Violet delves deeply into the complexities of love, viewed through the lens of the unlikely romance that blossoms between an up-and-coming artist and an aristocratic socialite.

The Third Violet is a novella by Stephen Crane. A romance that explores the divisions between urban and rural, artist and non-artist, cultural elite and scrapers-by in NYC.

As the youngest in her family, seven-year-old Violet identifies with small creatures in the natural world, but when she tries to help special ladybug, she learns an important lesson about animal habitats.

The second title in this breakout new detective series, from the author of the spine-tingling Scarlet and Ivy series.