This is the story of a young and lovely girl, Naomi, who, born deaf,
dumb, and blind, recovers her senses one by one, in circumstances of
startling excitement in the life of her father, thus having the
beauty of the world revealed to her in sight, sound and speech, after
her intelligence has matured. Around this central theme a dramatic
narrative gathers of life in Morocco, under the present
half-civilised regime. _The Times_ says "the 'SCAPEGOAT' is the best
of Hall Caine's novels," and that opinion is shared by many good
judges. It has had a warm reception in foreign countries,
particularly in Germany, where it has been said that the central
character bears an affinity to Goethe's immortal Mignon.
_The Times_: "This is the author's masterpiece."