Project Gutenberg 2005-10-04 Public domain in the USA. 164 Wood, Henry, Mrs. 1814 1887 Wood, Ellen Price Ludlow, Johnny Price, Ellen Wood, Mrs. Henry Wood, Mrs. Henry (Ellen) Elster's Folly: A Novel Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Michael Ciesielski, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Elster's Folly: A Novel" by Mrs. Henry Wood is a fiction novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative takes place in a picturesque village in the English Midlands, focusing on the Elster family and their connections, as well as the societal dynamics of the village. The story interweaves themes of class, personal dilemmas, and the intrigue surrounding the family legacy, particularly as it involves Percival Elster, known as Val, and the tragedy of his late brother George. The opening of the novel introduces the charming village of Calne and sets a serene morning scene with the arrival of a goods train. It describes the station-master and a surly porter discussing the late arrival of the train, which hints at the complexities of village life. A distinguished young man, Percival Elster, emerges from the train and reveals his connection to the prominent Elster family of Hartledon, raising curiosity about his past, his family's legacy, and the events that led to the dramatic shifts in their lives, including his brother's death. The atmosphere is steeped in a sense of history and foreshadowing, indicating that the characters' lives are intertwined with the looming presence of both personal and social strife. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 895413 895428 2024-10-07T12:26:06.322040 2023-09-07T12:30:17.469550 text/html text/html 904613 2020-12-12T14:58:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 330947 2020-12-12T14:58:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 411183 2024-10-07T12:26:20.142002 application/epub+zip 424330 2024-10-07T12:26:10.035012 application/epub+zip 420470 2024-10-07T12:26:08.463021 application/epub+zip 747306 2024-10-07T12:26:28.145923 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 706479 2024-10-07T12:26:18.888990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 647399 2022-09-08T07:37:32.639680 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 860073 859969 2024-10-07T12:26:02.754091 2023-09-07T12:30:14.591525 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 859886 2020-12-12T14:58:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 324652 2020-12-12T14:58:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 859877 2020-12-12T14:58:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 324571 2020-12-12T14:58:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21435 2024-10-07T12:26:28.515927 application/rdf+xml 13268 2024-10-07T12:26:09.053999 image/jpeg 3938 2024-10-07T12:26:08.754997 image/jpeg 400502 2024-10-07T12:26:06.401028 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