Project Gutenberg 2009-09-27 Public domain in the USA. 99 Howells, William Dean 1837 1920 Howells, W. D. (William Dean) Howells, William D. (William Dean) The Quality of Mercy Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Edwards, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.) "The Quality of Mercy" by William Dean Howells is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story primarily revolves around the character T. W. Northwick, who finds himself in a moral and financial crisis following the revelation of his embezzlement from the company he works for. As the narrative unfolds, themes of guilt, redemption, and the complexities of human relationships come to the forefront. At the start of the novel, we meet Northwick as he returns to his home after a troubling meeting with company directors, which ends with him branded a "thief." Caught in a web of internal conflict, he contemplates his impending decisions regarding both his fate and the implications for his family. The opening establishes a vivid setting that combines Northwick's external journey and his inner turmoil, as he navigates his complicated feelings of shame and the desire for mercy, revealing the psychological depth of the protagonist and setting the tone for the moral dilemmas that will play out throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 704138 704092 2024-11-13T03:58:10.112646 2023-09-13T09:00:58.689671 text/html text/html 707888 2009-09-27T10:46:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 337682 2024-11-13T03:58:21.088627 application/epub+zip 347769 2024-11-13T03:58:13.552673 application/epub+zip 328297 2024-11-13T03:58:12.135690 application/epub+zip 626231 2024-11-13T03:58:27.114612 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 577807 2024-11-13T03:58:20.117648 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 549561 2022-09-14T04:32:08.802540 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 676922 2023-09-13T09:00:57.289658 text/plain 15890 2024-11-13T03:58:27.246570 application/rdf+xml 13576 2024-11-13T03:58:12.702661 image/jpeg 3612 2024-11-13T03:58:12.421670 image/jpeg 329126 2024-11-13T03:58:10.173663 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