The Green Dolphin by Sara Ware Bassett
The Green Dolphin by Sara Ware Bassett is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set on Cape Cod, it follows shy bachelor-gardener Asaph Holmes, his capable and sociable bride Althea Morton, and his loyal friend Lemuel Gill as marriage, small-town gossip, and a new seaside tea-room—“The Green Dolphin”—disrupt a once-quiet life. It reads as a gentle comedy of manners about friendship, domestic adjustment, and community. The opening of the novel
introduces Asaph’s cluttered, bachelor routine (kept barely livable by stern cleaner Hannah Dole), his sudden infatuation with lively Althea at the Brewsters’, and his uneasy secrecy with his best friend Lemmy as he decides to marry. After a modest wedding, Althea disarms Lemmy’s jealousy and wins him over, while Belleport buzzes about the unlikely match. Althea freshens the cottage and, despite minor frictions among the trio, a companionable winter passes. Restless for bustle, she hatches the Green Dolphin tea-room, driving the preparations while Asaph—appalled yet devoted—paints chairs, hangs curtains, and even posts a roadside sign. Just as opening day arrives, Althea leaves to help her sister in crisis, and a flustered Asaph, with Lemmy’s astonished commentary, is left to face the first customers alone. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Bassett, Sara Ware, 1872-1968 |
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| Title | The Green Dolphin |
| Original Publication | Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1926, pubdate 1927. |
| Credits | Steve Mattern and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Family-owned business enterprises -- Fiction |
| Subject | New England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction |
| Subject | Manners and customs -- Fiction |
| Subject | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
| Subject | Husband and wife -- Fiction |
| Subject | Tearooms -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78005 |
| Release Date | Feb 22, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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