Project Gutenberg 2006-08-20 Public domain in the USA. 71 Walpole, Hugh 1884 1941 Walpole, Sir Hugh The Prelude to Adventure Etext produced by Andrew Hodson HTML file produced by David Widger "The Prelude to Adventure" by Hugh Walpole is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story begins with the protagonist, Olva Dune, grappling with the aftermath of a violent confrontation that leads to the death of Carfax, a classmate with a reputation for cruelty. As Olva wrestles with the implications of his actions and his sudden awareness of a higher power, he navigates the complexities of guilt, existential contemplation, and a burgeoning sense of adventure amidst his university life at Cambridge. The opening of the novel establishes a tense atmosphere as Olva discovers the body of Carfax in a secluded wood following a confrontation driven by pent-up resentment and hatred. Following the incident, Olva experiences a mix of detachment and grim satisfaction, reflecting on the nature of violence and its moral implications. As he returns to Cambridge, the burden of his secret begins to weigh heavily on him, even as he tries to maintain a façade of normalcy among peers who remain oblivious to his crime. The chilling duality of Olva's character—an athlete with a distinguished background yet harboring dark impulses—sets the stage for a psychological exploration of guilt and the search for justice in a world cloaked in indifference to violence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Murderers -- Fiction Murder -- Fiction College students -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 405668 405677 2024-09-08T10:31:24.101277 2023-09-08T12:17:35.252608 text/html text/html 403978 2018-09-03T10:12:36 text/html 189055 2024-09-08T10:31:31.262203 application/epub+zip 195388 2024-09-08T10:31:25.740219 application/epub+zip 195388 2024-09-08T10:31:24.784221 application/epub+zip 353262 2024-09-08T10:31:35.172199 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326863 2024-09-08T10:31:30.486187 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327093 2022-09-09T07:34:36.454526 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 344759 344691 2024-09-08T10:31:23.264271 2023-09-08T12:17:34.501582 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 344533 2006-08-20T07:17:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 130513 2006-08-20T07:17:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 344528 2006-08-20T07:17:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 130468 2006-08-20T07:17:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20557 2024-09-08T10:31:35.313162 application/rdf+xml 13199 2024-09-08T10:31:25.143218 image/jpeg 3794 2024-09-08T10:31:24.963215 image/jpeg 136246 2018-09-03T10:14:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 185433 2024-09-08T10:31:24.134256 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