Roland Whately: A Novel

A schoolboy navigates late-adolescent life within boarding-school routines and seasonal homecomings, where small ambitions and social rituals set the scene. He becomes involved in an intense courtship with a charismatic young woman whose public triumphs expose his insecurity and awkwardness. Rivalries among peers, misunderstandings about propriety, and competing attractions draw him into tests of character and consequence. The narrative follows several years of shifting alliances, romantic entanglements, and personal failures that prompt reflection. It closes with a decisive turning point that dissolves youthful illusions and initiates a more mature direction.