Annabelle

Annabelle tells the story of a Northerner named James who travels to Virginia and falls in love with the daughter of an affluent former slave owner: Annabelle. The two fall deeply in love, but their relationship is tainted by James' professed disdain for the society Annabelle was raised in. James views most of Southern society as ugly and beneath him, but he has a distinct hatred for Annabelle's father, who represents everything he feels is wrong with the South. When tensions between James and Annabelle's father reach a breaking point, James tries to make Annabelle see her father the way he does, but is heartbroken when she continues to support his deranged ideologies, forcing him to leave her.
He is soon drawn back into the complicated situation when something bad happens to Annabelle. Around this time, he also comes into contact with another woman who seems to understand him and who sees the world in the same way he does. James finds himself in a situation where he must choose between Annabelle, who he deeply loves despite her many flaws, and the other woman, who sees the hazy Virginian countryside in the same way he does. Moreover, if James really can let himself love Annabelle as he wants to, how long can he go on living under the thumb of her father before his hatred boils over?