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Dorinda Oakley, daughter of a landâpoor farmer in Virginia, at 20 goes to work in Nathan Pedlar's store. She falls in love with Jason Greylock, weakâwilled son of the village doctor, and forgets her purpose of helping her father to rebuild the farm, but soon before their planned wedding Jason is forced to marry a former fiancĂ©e. Bitterly disillusioned and pregnant, Dorinda seeks work in New York City âŠ