Project Gutenberg 2006-10-18 Public domain in the USA. 105 Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris) 1859 1920 Williamson, Charles Norris Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel) 1869 1933 Williamson, Alice Muriel Williamson, Mrs. C. N. Bracker, M. Leone 1885 1937 Buckland, Arthur H. 1870 1927 Buckland, A. H. (Arthur H.) Buckland, Arthur Herbert The guests of Hercules Reading ease score: 79.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Chris Nash, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Guests of Hercules" by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story begins with the character Mary Grant, a novice set to leave her convent home to embark on a new life outside its walls. The narrative explores themes of self-discovery, nostalgia, and the clash between sheltered innocence and the allure of the outside world, particularly the exciting yet daunting prospect of Monte Carlo. At the start of the novel, Mary is saying goodbye to the convent garden, reflecting on her years spent in the sheltered life of a novice. As she prepares for her departure, she grapples with feelings of nostalgia and homesickness, despite having chosen to leave the convent. Her friend, Peter Maxwell, encourages her to embrace her newfound freedom as Mary's mind swirls with thoughts of the vibrant world awaiting her, particularly her long-held dream of visiting Italy. The emotional weight of her decision to leave the convent is palpable and sets up a compelling exploration of her journey into adulthood, freedom, and the uncertainties that come with it. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Young women -- Fiction Gambling -- Fiction Monte-Carlo (Monaco) -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 979825 979828 2024-10-08T14:04:34.780817 2023-09-09T05:01:45.844680 text/html text/html 995617 2006-10-18T05:44:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 659940 2006-10-18T05:44:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 692593 2024-10-08T14:04:46.351775 application/epub+zip 702309 2024-10-08T14:04:36.459806 application/epub+zip 461692 2024-10-08T14:04:35.613850 application/epub+zip 974059 2024-10-08T14:04:54.088738 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 892908 2024-10-08T14:04:45.230750 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 653186 2022-09-09T10:12:28.156996 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 914251 914154 2024-10-08T14:04:32.637828 2023-09-09T05:01:43.995659 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 913904 2006-10-18T05:44:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 352547 2006-10-18T05:44:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 913900 2006-10-18T05:44:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 352335 2006-10-18T05:44:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23666 2024-10-08T14:04:54.246706 application/rdf+xml 24309 2024-10-08T14:04:35.723802 image/jpeg 3913 2024-10-08T14:04:35.667813 image/jpeg 658430 2024-10-08T14:04:34.880840 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 en.wikipedia