The Green God's Pavilion

Book excerpt: This work is a 1920 American fiction by Mabel Wood Martin. It is an engrossing story set in the Philippines, circling the adventures of a joyful and curious young girl Julie. Its incredibly portrayed characters, clever use of imagery, and excellent writing style made this work a hit during its era. Excerpt from The Green God's Pavilion, A novel of the Philippine "Trembling in a fervor of joy the girl confronted it. Everybody in the excitement of arrival was trying to crowd her away from the packed railing of the vessel, but she managed to get her glimpse of that magic reality—one of those golden far Eastern cities that she had dreamed of all her life on the other side of the world. Its glittering towers and domes, bursting out of the garden of the equator, pointed to a sky clear enough to be heaven itself."