The First Violin (Annotated)

Jessie Fothergill's The First Violin is a richly textured Victorian romance of music, exile, and moral education, set largely within the German musical world that fascinated late-nineteenth-century English readers. Its narrative follows the emotional and artistic awakening of May Wedderburn and her encounter with the gifted violinist Eugen Courvoisier, using music not merely as ornament but as a l...