Project Gutenberg 2008-03-06 Public domain in the USA. 134 Hume, Fergus 1859 1932 Hume, Ferguson Wright Hume, Fergus W. (Ferguson Wright) The Opal Serpent Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Andrew Wainwright, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Opal Serpent" by Fergus Hume is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers on Paul Beecot, a young aspiring writer who leaves his oppressive home life behind to seek fame and fortune in London. As he navigates the city's literary scene, Paul's affections become entwined with Sylvia Norman, the daughter of a mysterious pawnbroker, Aaron Norman, who harbors secrets related to a peculiar brooch Paul wishes to sell. At the start of the novel, we meet Paul Beecot, who has just made the bold decision to leave his unsupportive family to pursue his writerly ambitions in London. His contentious relationship with his father hints at deeper family dynamics, particularly surrounding aspirations and control. As Paul explores the world of literature, he encounters Sylvia, and their mutual attraction unfolds against a backdrop of intrigue involving a jeweled serpent brooch owned by Sylvia's father. The opening establishes a sense of foreboding with Aaron Norman's peculiar behavior towards the brooch, suggesting that the story will explore themes of ambition, love, and the darker undercurrents of identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction Detective and mystery stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 572363 569331 2024-10-10T14:19:11.813487 2023-09-11T06:13:39.439331 text/html text/html 576090 2008-03-06T12:04:34 text/html; charset=us-ascii 395107 2008-03-06T12:04:50 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 475254 2024-10-10T14:19:23.836931 application/epub+zip 485897 2024-10-10T14:19:15.528440 application/epub+zip 295714 2024-10-10T14:19:13.186461 application/epub+zip 705616 2024-10-10T14:19:29.920903 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 658626 2024-10-10T14:19:22.498898 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 440603 2022-09-11T11:48:33.930732 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 522348 522244 2024-10-10T14:19:09.672478 2023-09-11T06:13:37.912333 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 522257 2008-03-06T12:04:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 196238 2008-03-06T12:04:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 522305 2008-03-06T12:04:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 196229 2008-03-06T12:04:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21680 2024-10-10T14:19:30.573879 application/rdf+xml 12170 2024-10-10T14:19:14.272444 image/jpeg 3241 2024-10-10T14:19:13.723484 image/jpeg 469662 2024-10-10T14:19:11.870460 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