A Lost Paradise (1914)

Set in the early 1900s, the novel follows Barbara, a young woman uprooted from her life in New York City to a remote South Pacific island purchased by her father for plantation development. Struggling to adapt, she discovers a hidden valley brimming with exotic beauty and a native tribe living in isolation. As her fascination with their culture grows, she becomes entangled in a conflict between the natives and her father's workers, highlighting themes of colonialism, cultural clash, and the search for identity.