Lost Laysen by Margaret Mitchell,

Overview
Title: Lost Laysen
Author: Margaret Mitchell
Genre: Romance, Novella
Publication Date: First published in 1996 by Scribner
Content: Mitchell wrote the novella in 1916 when she was 15 years old. The book includes an introduction with letters and photographs from the author, telling the story of her relationship with Henry Love Angel, the suitor to whom she gave the original manuscript. The story itself is a romantic adventure set in the South Pacific, featuring a love triangle.
Significance: Lost Laysen was the only other work of fiction by Mitchell that remained intact, as most of her other papers were destroyed after her death in 1949.
Synopsis
The novella is told in the first person by an Irish sailor named Billy Duncan. It follows a spirited American woman, Courtenay Ross, who travels to the South Pacific island of Laysen as a missionary, and the two men—a rough sailor and a well-heeled gentleman—who compete for her affection. The story explores themes of love and honor an