← Francis Brett YoungMr. and Mrs. Penningtonby Francis Brett YoungNovel of middle-aged marriage and domestic transformationFind on Amazon↗About the authorFrancis Brett YoungYoung was a popular regional novelist whose Mercian novels depicted the English Midlands with the same sustained attention that Hardy gave to Wessex. Portrait of Clare is his best-known novel, a sweeping romantic saga.More by Francis Brett YoungPortrait of ClareNovel tracing a woman's life and loves across decades→The Young PhysicianNovel of a young doctor's idealism and compromises→Far Forest→My Brother JonathanNovel of a doctor's conscience and spiritual awakening→