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To Tell You the Truth

Author
Leonard Merrick
Language
English
Length
127 pages
ISBN
9781836105510
Published
10 April 2026
Imprint
Sovereign
  • artistic ambition
  • pianist protagonist
  • Paris setting
  • moral dilemma
  • personal sacrifice
  • poverty and struggle
  • self-discovery
  • responsibility
  • emotional conflict
  • pursuit of success

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In To Tell You the Truth, Leonard Merrick presents a poignant collection of early 20th-century short stories exploring artistic ambition, romance, and moral dilemmas. The central narrative follows Marie Lamande, a small-town woman who moves to Paris to become a renowned pianist. As she struggles with low-paying teaching jobs in an unforgiving city, her life becomes entangled with a poor widow, forcing a conflict between dreams and unexpected duties.

Author

Leonard Merrick (1864–1939) was the English novelist other novelists kept recommending. Joseph Conrad admired him; so did a generation that valued craft over noise. Merrick wrote of theatre people, money worries, and the almost-made-it — characters who can see success and cannot quite grasp it. His prose is professional in the best sense: polished, observant, and quietly devastating.

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