The Foolish Virgin

'The Foolish Virgin: A Romance of Today' is a novel by Thomas Dixon, Jr. The story follows Mary Adams, a schoolteacher in New York City, who dreams of finding a husband. She starts a relationship with Jim Anthony, a criminal she meets at the New York Public Library. Mary and Jim visit North Carolina to meet Anthony's mother. Now a drunk, she tries to murder her son in order to retrieve the valuables from his suitcase that he has stolen.