This play by Galsworthy made into a 1931 film by Alfred Hitchcock features a collision between two families: the old-money Hillcrists and the nouveau-riche Hornblowers. As the patriarchs of the two families squabble over a piece of land, an innocent young woman will pay the price.
"The 3-volume German original was fictitiously attributed to Sir Walter Scott, but actually written by G.W.H. Häring (under the pseud. of Willibald Alexis). It was freely adapted into English by Thomas De Quincey."
