| Author |
Glyn, Elinor, 1864-1943 |
| Title |
Beyond The Rocks: A Love Story
|
| Note |
Reading ease score: 79.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
|
| Note |
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Rocks
|
| Credits |
Produced by Suzanne Shell, Verity White and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
|
| Summary |
"Beyond the Rocks: A Love Story" by Elinor Glyn is a romance novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces us to Theodora, a young woman facing an arranged marriage to a wealthy, though unattractive, older man named Josiah Brown. Despite familial pressures to secure a prosperous future for her and her father, Theodora is filled with longing for true love, which she yearns to experience, especially after her encounter with Lord Bracondale, an intriguing and handsome Englishman. The beginning of the novel explores Theodora's reluctant engagement and marriage to Mr. Brown, alongside her contrasting feelings of duty and desire. Her life is complicated by a loving but inept father who prompts her to marry for security. When Theodora meets Captain Fitzgerald, her father, and later Lord Bracondale, her feelings begin to stir as she imagines a life filled with love and passion. As she grapples with her conflicting emotions and societal expectations, the opening sets up a tension between her duty to her husband and her dreams of a romantic connection, ultimately leading to her longing for an awakening to love amidst her suffocating reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
|
| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
|
| Subject |
Historical fiction
|
| Subject |
Love stories
|
| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
16692 |
| Release Date |
Sep 14, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated |
Dec 12, 2020 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads |
133 downloads in the last 30 days. |
|
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!
|
