The Twelfth Hour Hardback

The Twelfth Hour (1907) is a novel by Ada Leverson.

Having established herself as a journalist and short story writer, Leverson published her debut novel to moderate acclaim.

Entertaining and effortlessly witty, Leverson’s prose paints a stunning portrait of the Edwardian era, a time when hope and relative peace proved prosperous for many.

Often compared to her close friend Oscar Wilde, Leverson, a pioneering Jewish woman, remains a unique and refreshing voice in English literature.

Felicity, Sylvia, and Savile Crofton all feel the pressure placed on upper-class youths to marry wisely.

At 25, Felicity appears to have found herself a good husband, a man of wealth and social standing who on closer appearance seems more interested in leisure than love.

Determined not to fall into a similarly unhappy marriage, her 20-year-old sister Sylvia hopes to thwart her father’s wish that she marry millionaire Mr. Ridokanski. Although he is only 16, Eton student Savile is deeply in love with a famous opera singer—from a distance—but also feels obliged to entertain the affections of Dolly Clive, a girl his own age.

Finding company in their own unique miseries of the heart, the Crofton siblings hatch a plan to achieve happiness for themselves, satisfaction for their father, and whatever it is young people are meant to owe to society.

The Twelfth Hour is a humorous tale of romance and desire from Ada Leverson, an underappreciated novelist of the Edwardian era.

With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Ada Leverson’s The Twelfth Hour is a classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.