Project Gutenberg 2004-07-30 Public domain in the USA. 57 Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) 1865 1948 Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley The Philanderers Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Philanderers" by A. E. W. Mason is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds against a backdrop of colonial Africa and centers around the complex moral dilemmas faced by its characters, particularly Captain Stephen Drake, who grapples with issues of authority, justice, and personal ambition. The opening portion of the book establishes a tense atmosphere, where five Englishmen are gathered around a campfire in the African wilderness, discussing the moral implications of punishing a fellow European for crimes against native villagers. The main character, Captain Stephen Drake, is confronted with the need to maintain the white man’s prestige while grappling with the realities of moral responsibility. In the prologue, a convict named Gorley is brought to face execution in a chilling illustration of authority and its implications in a colonial context. As the narrative transitions to England, the focus shifts to Drake’s return and his complex relationships with characters such as Hugh Fielding and Sidney Mallinson, setting the stage for a compelling exploration of personal motives against the rich backdrop of societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 376992 376890 2024-10-06T06:03:54.216675 2023-10-06T07:41:00.585124 text/html text/html 376985 376883 2024-10-06T06:03:54.486714 2023-10-06T07:41:00.770114 text/html text/html 202649 2024-10-06T06:04:01.593616 application/epub+zip 207516 2024-10-06T06:03:56.600649 application/epub+zip 207516 2024-10-06T06:03:55.182652 application/epub+zip 385417 2024-10-06T06:04:05.475592 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 357333 2024-10-06T06:04:00.858666 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 332986 2022-09-07T00:00:58.389662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 338745 338694 2024-10-06T06:03:53.819685 2023-10-06T07:41:00.304102 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 338617 2020-12-15T08:53:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 127038 2020-12-15T08:53:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 338608 2020-12-15T08:53:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 127007 2020-12-15T08:53:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20546 2024-10-06T06:04:05.607596 application/rdf+xml 13410 2024-10-06T06:03:55.735652 image/jpeg 3473 2024-10-06T06:03:55.459654 image/jpeg 199281 2024-10-06T06:03:54.519649 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia