Project Gutenberg 2008-02-12 Public domain in the USA. 64 Cholmondeley, Mary 1859 1925 The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Louise Pryor, Jacqueline Jeremy, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Lowest Rung" by Mary Cholmondeley is a fictional narrative written during the early 20th century. The work explores themes of social class and human connection through the experiences of an unnamed female protagonist who unexpectedly becomes entangled with a woman, suspected to be an escaped convict. The opening sets the stage for a poignant exploration of kindness, assumptions about morality, and the complexities of personal identity." "At the start of the story, the protagonist, a sensitive and artistic woman, is compelled to venture outdoors amidst a storm, seeking inspiration for her writing. During this excursion, she encounters a mysterious figure who reveals herself to be a fugitive in tattered clothing. Despite her initial fears and societal judgment, the protagonist chooses empathy and offers refuge to this woman, signifying her moral conflict between societal norms and her desire to help. This chance meeting leads to an intimate dialogue where the fugitive recounts her tragic past, highlighting struggles linked to addiction and exile, ultimately allowing for a deeper exploration of both characters' lives." (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories, English PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 234680 234534 2024-10-10T13:28:08.091023 2023-09-11T05:33:41.350464 text/html text/html 237761 2008-02-14T11:55:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 184626 2008-02-14T11:58:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 197902 2024-10-10T13:28:12.941993 application/epub+zip 197971 2024-10-10T13:28:09.222005 application/epub+zip 159782 2024-10-10T13:28:08.615021 application/epub+zip 283743 2024-10-10T13:28:15.947999 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 258543 2024-10-10T13:28:12.399012 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 220532 2022-09-11T10:52:52.333840 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 207357 207260 2024-10-10T13:28:07.475016 2023-09-11T05:33:40.837461 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 207205 2008-02-12T14:39:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 80804 2008-02-12T14:39:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 207212 2008-02-12T14:39:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 80771 2008-02-12T14:39:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21406 2024-10-10T13:28:16.093973 application/rdf+xml 23604 2024-10-10T13:28:08.708000 image/jpeg 3399 2024-10-10T13:28:08.665010 image/jpeg 183839 2024-10-10T13:28:08.115009 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