Project Gutenberg 2004-12-24 Public domain in the USA. 95 Stretton, Hesba 1832 1911 Smith, Sarah The Doctor's Dilemma Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Steven Gibbs and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Doctor's Dilemma" by Hesba Stretton is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story opens with a tumultuous inner conflict experienced by a young woman in London, who feels ensnared in a dire situation involving oppressive forces that seek to break her spirit. Her resolve leads her to a desperate escape from her confinement, setting the stage for a narrative that revolves around themes of resilience, identity, and the quest for safety. At the start of the book, the main character is introduced as she experiences acute inner turmoil, feeling trapped and on the verge of madness due to her circumstances. After a stormy day, she decides to make her daring escape, slipping out of her temporary prison and fleeing into the rain-soaked streets of London. Struggling through uncertainty, she finds a sympathetic figure in a sea captain named Tardif and decides to accompany him to the Channel Islands. This flight brings a mixture of fear and hope, as she leaves her past behind in search of a secure haven where she can rebuild her life. The opening portion vividly captures the protagonist's emotional struggle and her initial steps toward freedom, evoking a sense of urgency that propels the plot forward. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 939305 928719 2024-10-06T13:01:31.220849 2023-09-07T03:43:42.105993 text/html text/html 953632 2020-12-19T00:41:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 420396 2020-12-19T00:41:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 495624 2024-10-06T13:01:43.411788 application/epub+zip 517189 2024-10-06T13:01:33.684841 application/epub+zip 440742 2024-10-06T13:01:32.200849 application/epub+zip 845611 2024-10-06T13:01:51.552831 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 772575 2024-10-06T13:01:42.398823 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 671764 2022-09-07T16:31:53.866189 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 885146 885091 2024-10-06T13:01:28.193873 2023-09-07T03:43:39.645973 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 884776 2020-12-19T00:41:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 336471 2020-12-19T00:41:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 884767 2020-12-19T00:41:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 336312 2020-12-19T00:41:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21130 2024-10-06T13:01:51.701740 application/rdf+xml 11988 2024-10-06T13:01:32.805844 image/jpeg 3201 2024-10-06T13:01:32.500849 image/jpeg 481974 2024-10-06T13:01:31.304837 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