Project Gutenberg 2004-08-15 Public domain in the USA. 104 Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William) 1865 1933 Chambers, Robert William Frederick, Edmund 1870 1949 Frederick, E. (Edmund) The Tracer of Lost Persons Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Steven desJardins and Distributed Proofreaders. "The Tracer of Lost Persons" by Robert W. Chambers is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story centers around Jack Gatewood, a disillusioned bachelor longing for his ideal woman, who finds himself guided into a rather unconventional pursuit: hiring a company, Keen & Co., to trace this elusive ideal. The narrative unfolds amidst a backdrop of New York's upper crust and explores themes of love, self-discovery, and social commentary. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Gatewood, who is described as cultured yet cynical, as he engages in early morning banter with his friend Kerns at their club. The conversation shifts towards his romantic dissatisfaction, which prompts Kerns to suggest hiring Keen & Co., a business dedicated to locating lost persons. Initially resistant, Gatewood is drawn into the endeavor after a brief moment of introspection regarding his unfulfilled desires. His decision to engage Keen & Co. leads him into a world filled with unusual characters, ultimately driving him towards an encounter with the woman he has fantasized about, yet may never have known existed. The opening chapters deftly weave humor with a touch of melancholy, setting the stage for Gatewood’s journey towards both self-awareness and potentially finding true love. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Detective and mystery stories Love stories Courtship -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 375866 370245 2024-10-06T06:38:26.964367 2023-10-06T08:07:23.458084 text/html text/html 385578 2020-12-18T01:40:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 584415 2020-12-18T01:40:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 664073 2024-10-06T06:38:37.079280 application/epub+zip 671942 2024-10-06T06:38:30.581336 application/epub+zip 207673 2024-10-06T06:38:28.881344 application/epub+zip 1802246 2024-10-06T06:38:41.578269 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1772261 2024-10-06T06:38:35.825295 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322915 2022-09-07T00:40:12.719460 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 334680 334638 2024-10-06T06:38:24.902358 2023-10-06T08:07:21.793056 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 334440 2020-12-18T01:40:07 text/plain; charset=utf-8 127585 2020-12-18T01:40:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 334428 2020-12-18T01:40:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 127561 2020-12-18T01:40:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 334420 2020-12-18T01:40:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 127525 2020-12-18T01:40:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 25252 2024-10-06T06:38:41.736247 application/rdf+xml 11324 2024-10-06T06:38:29.463317 image/jpeg 3264 2024-10-06T06:38:29.175317 image/jpeg 649159 2024-10-06T06:38:27.123333 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