"The Landlord at Lion's Head — Volume 1" by William Dean Howells is a novel published in 1897. When the Durgin family transforms their New Hampshire farmhouse into a mountain inn, young Jeff Durgin begins a turbulent journey through Harvard and high society. His romantic entanglements with women above his station—from the beautiful Cynthia Whitwell to wealthy Bessie Lynde and the enigmatic Genevieve Vostrand—reveal his ambitious yet destructive nature. As family tragedy strikes and the inn's fate hangs in balance, Jeff must reckon with consequences of his reckless choices. (This is an automatically generated summary.)