Project Gutenberg 2007-12-23 Public domain in the USA. 73 Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) 1863 1951 Stacpoole, Henry De Vere Stacpoole, H. de Vere The Man Who Lost Himself E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Man Who Lost Himself" by H. De Vere Stacpoole is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Victor Jones, a young man feeling the weight of failure after losing a critical business contract in London. As he grapples with his financial woes and sense of identity, he encounters a mysterious stranger named Rochester, who bears an unsettling resemblance to him. Their meeting sets the stage for a series of misunderstandings and adventures that challenge both characters' perceptions of self. At the start of the narrative, Victor Jones is depicted as a defeated figure in the Savoy Hotel, reflecting on his life choices and recent failures. After a chance encounter with a stranger who looks exactly like him, Jones is drawn into a whirlwind of events that leave him questioning his own identity. The opening chapters explore his initial confusion, the impact of alcohol on his decision-making, and the consequences of becoming an unwitting part of Rochester's life following a fateful night. This intriguing premise hints at elements of mistaken identity and the psychological complexities of self-perception, establishing a narrative that promises both tension and humor as the plot unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Mistaken identity -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 451412 451241 2024-09-10T09:50:00.425460 2023-09-10T12:48:14.700396 text/html text/html 476560 2007-12-23T17:05:39 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 162807 2007-12-23T17:07:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 229241 2024-09-10T09:50:09.205418 application/epub+zip 233546 2024-09-10T09:50:02.319463 application/epub+zip 233546 2024-09-10T09:50:01.237490 application/epub+zip 422472 2024-09-10T09:50:14.545393 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 380774 2024-09-10T09:50:08.302500 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 380826 2022-09-11T07:56:40.560653 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397783 397707 2024-09-10T09:49:58.976489 2023-09-10T12:48:13.325407 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 397571 2007-12-23T17:04:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 149681 2007-12-23T17:04:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 397579 2007-12-23T17:04:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 149651 2007-12-23T17:04:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19980 2024-09-10T09:50:14.692380 application/rdf+xml 12638 2024-09-10T09:50:01.602456 image/jpeg 3367 2024-09-10T09:50:01.418458 image/jpeg 213118 2024-09-10T09:50:00.462517 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