Project Gutenberg 2006-07-21 Public domain in the USA. 200 Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) 1865 1948 Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley The Four Feathers Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Suzanne Lybarger, Brian Janes, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Four Feathers" by A. E. W. Mason is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story delves into themes of honor, courage, and redemption, focusing on the character of Harry Feversham, who is faced with the stigma of cowardice when he resigns from the army just as his regiment is called to action in Egypt. The novel examines his internal struggle as he grapples with the implications of his actions and the pressures of familial and societal expectations. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the background of Harry Feversham and the atmosphere surrounding his family in Broad Place, set against a backdrop of the Crimean War. The narrative unfolds through a dinner gathering led by General Feversham, Harry's father, highlighting the generational expectations of bravery. As Harry listens to war tales, he exhibits a keen emotional response, foreshadowing his eventual conflict with cowardice. The opening chapters establish a poignant tension between familial pride and personal fears, setting the stage for Harry's ultimate decision to resign, which leads to the arrival of three white feathers—symbols of disgrace sent by his peers, signaling his perceived cowardice and compelling Harry to confront the significant consequences of his choice. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en War stories Love stories Male friendship -- Fiction Soldiers -- Fiction Adventure stories Cowardice -- Fiction British -- Sudan -- Fiction Sudan -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 647044 646901 2024-10-08T10:18:19.096521 2023-09-08T11:27:12.887004 text/html text/html 650661 2006-07-21T17:44:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 277293 2006-07-21T17:44:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 283094 2024-10-08T10:18:26.765453 application/epub+zip 291001 2024-10-08T10:18:20.007499 application/epub+zip 290266 2024-10-08T10:18:19.562488 application/epub+zip 482421 2024-10-08T10:18:32.190432 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 445705 2024-10-08T10:18:26.121462 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 445902 2022-09-09T06:22:05.157197 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 622574 622466 2024-10-08T10:18:17.862583 2023-09-08T11:27:11.761981 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 622325 2006-07-21T17:38:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 228604 2006-07-21T17:38:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 622332 2006-07-21T17:38:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 228589 2006-07-21T17:38:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23659 2024-10-08T10:18:32.484416 application/rdf+xml 15638 2024-10-08T10:18:19.648486 image/jpeg 2563 2024-10-08T10:18:19.606488 image/jpeg 273509 2024-10-08T10:18:19.154503 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