Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest

After a failed revolution, Abel flees the city of Caracas and flees into the unexplored jungles of Guayanna. Battling fever and hunger, he finally settles in an old native village where he is welcomed and given shelter. But he is sternly warned not to enter the forest lest he encounter a demon they have come to fear, “The Daughter of the Didi.”

Intrigued, Abel explores the jungle and is drawn deeper into the forest by a strange, bird-like singing. He enters an enchanting section of wood where ...