Project Gutenberg 2006-07-22 Public domain in the USA. 59 Sedgwick, Anne Douglas 1873 1935 Franklin Kane Reading ease score: 79.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Louise Pryor, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Franklin Kane" by Anne Douglas Sedgwick is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Miss Althea Jakes, an American woman of independent means, who returns to her familiar hotel in Paris after years of cosmopolitan travel. The novel explores themes of identity, discontent, and the quest for meaning in a life filled with superficial pleasures, as Althea grapples with her feelings of fatigue and loneliness amidst her travels and social encounters. The opening of the book introduces Miss Jakes at the Hôtel Talleyrand in Paris, where she reflects on her long journey from Basle and her continuing annual visits for new clothes, which leads to her questioning the purpose of her travels. The narrative highlights her growing sense of isolation, despite her refined tastes and experiences across Europe. As she interacts with her maid Amélie and considers the society surrounding her, particularly the influence of her acquaintances and the looming expectations of marriage, Althea's internal struggles become evident. The introduction of Franklin Winslow Kane, who has persistently proposed to her over the years, and the unexpected encounter with Helen Buchanan, a mysterious young woman in black, set the stage for a transformative exploration of connection, love, and self-discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Man-woman relationships -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Gender & Sexuality Studies Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 654716 654694 2024-10-08T10:19:11.615711 2023-09-08T11:27:55.212833 text/html text/html 665085 2012-12-30T15:25:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 326543 2012-12-30T15:26:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 412203 2024-10-08T10:19:23.561697 application/epub+zip 417059 2024-10-08T10:19:15.731727 application/epub+zip 311137 2024-10-08T10:19:14.031719 application/epub+zip 660147 2024-10-08T10:19:29.546609 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 602738 2024-10-08T10:19:22.108688 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 481162 2022-09-09T06:23:06.153198 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 600511 600408 2024-10-08T10:19:10.267721 2023-09-08T11:27:53.963817 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 600348 2012-12-30T15:25:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 223926 2012-12-30T15:26:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 600348 2012-12-30T15:25:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 223819 2012-12-30T15:26:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21533 2024-10-08T10:19:29.689615 application/rdf+xml 13086 2024-10-08T10:19:14.635695 image/jpeg 3426 2024-10-08T10:19:14.332803 image/jpeg 409341 2024-10-08T10:19:11.678728 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