Project Gutenberg 2005-06-19 Public domain in the USA. 114 Warden, Florence 1857 1929 James, Florence Alice Price The Wharf by the Docks: A Novel Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) "The Wharf by the Docks: A Novel" by Florence Warden is a fictional work written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds in the quaint town of Canterbury and revolves around Mr. George Wedmore and his family, particularly the budding romance between his daughter Doreen and the young barrister Dudley Horne. The narrative hints at underlying tensions and secrets that impact their lives, focusing on themes of love, trust, and mental instability. At the start of the novel, we meet Mr. Wedmore, who expresses concerns about Dudley due to the troubling legacy of Dudley’s father and perceived changes in Dudley’s behavior. The opening scenes introduce a warm domestic setting at The Beeches, showcasing Doreen's bright spirit and desire to understand Dudley's recent distance. Tensions escalate as Mr. Wedmore decides to confront Dudley about his intentions toward Doreen, meanwhile, Doreen's affection for Dudley and her suspicions about his well-being grow. The atmosphere is thick with intrigue and foreshadowing as the story begins to explore the precarious balance between love and worry, painting a portrait of young romance influenced by familial expectations and past traumas. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Dime novels Romantic suspense fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 419533 419667 2024-09-07T08:02:44.753548 2023-09-07T09:39:33.727424 text/html text/html 402071 2024-04-09T04:25:44 text/html 212080 2024-09-07T08:02:51.780502 application/epub+zip 216692 2024-09-07T08:02:46.395560 application/epub+zip 216692 2024-09-07T08:02:45.431535 application/epub+zip 392155 2024-09-07T08:02:56.064526 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 366902 2024-09-07T08:02:51.092510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367275 2022-09-08T01:17:14.893374 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397255 397308 2024-09-07T08:02:43.591545 2023-09-07T09:39:32.648416 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 377387 2024-04-09T04:25:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16091 2024-09-07T08:02:56.196488 application/rdf+xml 11509 2024-09-07T08:02:45.787548 image/jpeg 2870 2024-09-07T08:02:45.606543 image/jpeg 208338 2024-09-07T08:02:44.789549 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