Project Gutenberg 2006-05-17 Public domain in the USA. 81 Torbett, D. Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) 1874 1965 Maugham, William Somerset Maugham, Somerset The Land of Promise The Canadian Photoplay title of The Land of Promise "a novelization of W. Somerset Maugham's play" Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Canadian" by D. Torbett and W. Somerset Maugham is a novelization of Maugham's play, likely written in the early 20th century. The narrative primarily follows Nora Marsh, a young woman who has spent ten years as a companion to the demanding Miss Wickham and is now facing the uncertainty of her future after her employer's death. As she contemplates her past and the dreams she once held, including traveling and finding love, Nora grapples with the fallout of being left penniless, ultimately leading her to make significant choices about her new life. At the start of the book, Nora awakens to a sense of physical and mental relief after a period of exhaustion following Miss Wickham's death. As she reflects on her decade-long stint as the old woman's companion, her memories reveal a complex mix of resentment and understanding toward Miss Wickham, highlighting the sacrifices she made for the promise of a better life. With the funeral approaching and her future looking bleak, Nora receives news of her legacy, prompting her to dream about travel and independence—longing for the freedom she has never truly experienced. The opening chapters set the stage for her emotional journey, revealing her internal struggles and the societal confines she must navigate in seeking a new identity amidst loss and change. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Canada -- Fiction Farm life -- Fiction Husband and wife -- Fiction Attitude change -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 421985 421744 2024-10-08T07:45:38.647474 2023-09-08T09:25:22.095607 text/html text/html 428723 2009-05-28T13:34:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 443820 2020-12-13T23:59:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 506237 2024-10-08T07:45:48.858435 application/epub+zip 509281 2024-10-08T07:45:42.270459 application/epub+zip 236455 2024-10-08T07:45:40.454457 application/epub+zip 668256 2024-10-08T07:45:53.823649 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 632101 2024-10-08T07:45:47.799404 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 361334 2022-09-09T03:33:20.851545 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 378481 378405 2024-10-08T07:45:37.178989 2023-09-08T09:25:20.716598 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 378219 2020-12-13T23:59:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 142626 2020-12-13T23:59:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 378226 2020-12-13T23:59:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 142621 2020-12-13T23:59:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22811 2024-10-08T07:45:54.339360 application/rdf+xml 10120 2024-10-08T07:45:41.018450 image/jpeg 2600 2024-10-08T07:45:40.735433 image/jpeg 516751 2024-10-08T07:45:38.697445 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