Project Gutenberg 2006-05-25 Public domain in the USA. 161 Corelli, Marie 1855 1924 Mackay, Mary Corelli, Maria The Treasure of Heaven: A Romance of Riches Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Treasure of Heaven: A Romance of Riches" by Marie Corelli is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around David Helmsley, a wealthy but deeply unhappy man, who reflects on his life, love, and the true value of wealth. As the narrative unfolds, it examines themes of love, loss, and the emptiness of material success, particularly through Helmsley's interactions with the young Lucy Sorrel, whom he has cared for since childhood. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to the bustling atmosphere of London on a June night, juxtaposed against Helmsley's feelings of solitude and despair. After a lively evening event celebrating Lucy's twenty-first birthday, Helmsley grapples with his aging and the futility of his wealth. The opening chapters depict a conversation between Helmsley and his solicitor, Sir Francis Vesey, revealing Helmsley's disillusionment with life and the superficiality of society. As he ruminates on his past, including the painful memories of lost love and family, he begins to ponder his legacy, feeling an existential dread as he contemplates who will inherit his fortune. The rich descriptive language and the introspective dialogue set the stage for a poignant exploration of the human condition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1030345 1030250 2024-09-08T07:27:00.893119 2023-09-08T09:33:32.410165 text/html text/html 1058858 2006-05-25T05:14:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 443326 2006-05-25T05:14:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 470554 2024-09-08T07:27:13.594027 application/epub+zip 482666 2024-09-08T07:27:02.720071 application/epub+zip 465593 2024-09-08T07:27:01.806049 application/epub+zip 765628 2024-09-08T07:27:22.049996 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 695489 2024-09-08T07:27:12.393016 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 678896 2022-09-09T03:45:27.254864 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 967377 967294 2024-09-08T07:26:58.398101 2023-09-08T09:33:30.067139 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 967223 2006-05-25T05:14:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 381516 2006-05-25T05:14:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 967220 2006-05-25T05:14:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 381439 2006-05-25T05:14:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19918 2024-09-08T07:27:22.198963 application/rdf+xml 21694 2024-09-08T07:27:01.928067 image/jpeg 3210 2024-09-08T07:27:01.868070 image/jpeg 439938 2024-09-08T07:27:00.985071 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