4448. Pembroke A Novel, by Mary E. Wilkins [Freeman] (read 10 Jun 2008) This 1894 novel reads like a 1894 novel, and tells of bull-headed New Englanders in a Massachussets village, who are dour and who sure seem to live lives of non-joyful desperation. Barrabas quarrels with his fiancee's father and the engagement is broken off, tho both remain in love with each other. One can tell that Wilkins (as her name was when the book was written) is a short story writer and not really a novelist. But the story seldom drags and one is interested in knowing how it will work out. ( )