Project Gutenberg 2008-11-08 Public domain in the USA. 131 Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) 1874 1965 Maugham, William Somerset Maugham, Somerset The Explorer Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Explorer" by W. Somerset Maugham is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Lucy Allerton, a woman burdened by her family's financial decline, particularly due to her father's reckless spending and gambling. As Lucy grapples with the memories of her once-prosperous family estate, Hamlyn's Purlieu, she is determined to reclaim her family's dignity and secure a future for her younger brother, George. At the start of the novel, we find Lucy standing on a desolate beach, reflecting on her turbulent past and the impending loss of her family's legacy. Maugham introduces the reader to her elaborate thoughts about the sea and her deep connections to the Solent, emphasizing the emotional turmoil that accompanies her memories. As the narrative unfolds, the reader learns of Lucy's struggles to maintain her family's home against her father's financial negligence and the pressures of societal expectations. The opening sets the stage for a poignant exploration of themes of identity, loss, and resilience as Lucy strives to navigate the complexities of her family's decline and her own aspirations for the future. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en England -- Fiction British -- Africa -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 478690 478695 2024-10-11T13:27:36.997984 2023-09-12T06:06:39.464278 text/html text/html 479835 2021-01-04T08:50:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 176579 2021-01-04T08:50:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 245142 2024-10-11T13:27:45.575936 application/epub+zip 252881 2024-10-11T13:27:39.110940 application/epub+zip 251725 2024-10-11T13:27:37.794941 application/epub+zip 426914 2024-10-11T13:27:50.226925 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413061 2024-10-11T13:27:44.761906 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379435 2022-09-12T13:15:33.278305 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 458112 457908 2024-10-11T13:27:35.395942 2023-09-12T06:06:38.156288 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 458024 2021-01-04T08:50:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 171311 2021-01-04T08:50:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 458018 2021-01-04T08:50:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 171279 2021-01-04T08:50:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22112 2024-10-11T13:27:50.391879 application/rdf+xml 10951 2024-10-11T13:27:38.368936 image/jpeg 3035 2024-10-11T13:27:38.085942 image/jpeg 239461 2024-10-11T13:27:37.044951 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