Project Gutenberg 2008-11-27 Public domain in the USA. 192 MacGrath, Harold 1871 1932 Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef) 1878 1938 Koerner, William Henry Dethlef Körner, Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev 21008310 The Pagan Madonna Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Pagan Madonna" by Harold MacGrath is a fictional novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces two key characters: Ling Foo, a Chinese merchant in Shanghai, and Jane Norman, a Red Cross nurse who arrives in Shanghai as a traveler. The narrative combines elements of intrigue and drama, touching upon themes of chance, longing, and adventure. At the start of the story, we see Ling Foo's daily life as he navigates through the vibrant yet tumultuous society of Shanghai. A dramatic encounter occurs when a bloodied white man stumbles into his shop, leading to a series of events marked by mystery. Meanwhile, Jane Norman arrives in Shanghai eager for adventure yet simultaneously trapped in a cycle of mundane expectations. She yearns for freedom and exhilaration beyond the constraints of her past, setting the stage for encounters that will intertwine their fates. The opening chapters establish a tension-filled atmosphere while hinting at larger conflicts and adventures to come, particularly concerning a set of glass beads that may hold unexpected significance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Adventure stories Pirates -- Fiction Mystery fiction Ocean travel -- Fiction Chance -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 401086 401109 2024-09-11T12:44:46.957682 2023-09-12T06:35:22.697055 text/html text/html 421133 2021-01-04T10:45:45 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 210648 2021-01-04T10:45:45 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 260416 2024-09-11T12:44:54.578641 application/epub+zip 268072 2024-09-11T12:44:48.587671 application/epub+zip 206856 2024-09-11T12:44:47.593715 application/epub+zip 455534 2024-09-11T12:44:59.016664 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 445476 2024-09-11T12:44:53.906642 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 396890 2022-09-12T13:59:06.980187 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350215 350131 2024-09-11T12:44:45.746698 2023-09-12T06:35:21.605056 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 350094 2021-01-04T10:45:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 137541 2021-01-04T10:45:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 350085 2021-01-04T10:45:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 137508 2021-01-04T10:45:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22046 2024-09-11T12:44:59.605617 application/rdf+xml 14924 2024-09-11T12:44:47.974668 image/jpeg 3794 2024-09-11T12:44:47.784691 image/jpeg 260179 2024-09-11T12:44:46.998688 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