Esther is a novel by Henry Adams first published in 1884 under the pen name "Frances Snow Compton".[1]
The book was republished in 1938, with an introduction by Robert E. Spiller.
The comic story deals with a young, freethinking socialite who falls desperately in love with an Episcopal minister. The result is a clash of intellects, a confrontation between faith and reason and a battle of the sexes.