Project Gutenberg 2010-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 55 Ouida 1839 1908 De La Rame, Louisa De la Ramée, Louise De la Ramée, Louisa Uida Ramé, Marie Louise Ramée, Maria Louise De la Ramee, Louise Ramé, Louisa de la A House-Party, Don Gesualdo, and A Rainy June Reading ease score: 77.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by David Edwards, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from scanned images of public domain material generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com/) "A House-Party, Don Gesualdo, and A Rainy June" by Ouida is a novel written in the late 19th century. It presents a vivid depiction of life among the English upper class, particularly focusing on the social dynamics and tensions within a large gathering at an old English manor house called Surrenden Court. The story kicks off with Lord George Usk, who is grappling with his status, his wife Lady Usk's choices in friends, and their contrasting opinions on hosting lavish parties filled with questionable characters. The opening portion sets the scene in the lush gardens of Surrenden, where the Usk family is preparing for a house-party while navigating the complexities of their marriage and the expectations of society. Lord Usk reveals his frustration with his wife's social circle, criticizing her choices as immoral, which leads to a spirited exchange between them about the nature of their guests. Amidst the backdrop of frivolity and relational tensions, we are introduced to various characters, including the enigmatic Lord Brandolin, who brings a refreshing perspective to their discussions. The dynamic between Usk, his wife, and Brandolin paints a rich tableau of societal norms, personal dissatisfaction, and the interplay of love and propriety within the aristocratic lifestyle of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 520486 520199 2024-10-13T14:35:14.026637 2023-09-14T07:29:46.251251 text/html text/html 522770 2010-05-01T16:07:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 198655 2010-05-01T16:09:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 278763 2024-10-13T14:35:24.291546 application/epub+zip 285281 2024-10-13T14:35:17.947562 application/epub+zip 269584 2024-10-13T14:35:16.461544 application/epub+zip 535664 2024-10-13T14:35:29.237499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 510343 2024-10-13T14:35:23.268517 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 477483 2022-09-14T16:51:40.939434 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 500553 500304 2024-10-13T14:35:12.953570 2023-09-14T07:29:45.378251 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 499940 2010-05-01T15:57:35 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 194005 2010-05-01T15:57:35 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 499961 2010-05-01T15:57:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 193837 2010-05-01T15:57:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21821 2024-10-13T14:35:29.370512 application/rdf+xml 16366 2024-10-13T14:35:17.033542 image/jpeg 3686 2024-10-13T14:35:16.746550 image/jpeg 273994 2024-10-13T14:35:14.074554 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