The Upas Tree (Annotated)

In The Upas Tree, Florence L. Barclay turns the popular Edwardian romance into a moral and spiritual parable. The "upas tree," long a symbol of poisonous influence, becomes the governing image for hidden mistrust, wounded pride, and the destructive growth of unspoken wrongs within intimate life. Written in Barclay's characteristically lucid, earnest, and emotionally heightened prose, the novel bel...