Project Gutenberg 2010-05-08 Public domain in the USA. 94 Vance, Louis Joseph 1879 1933 Keller, Arthur Ignatius 1866 1924 Keller, Arthur I. Keller, A. I. (Arthur Ignatius) Keller, A.I. The Destroying Angel E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "The Destroying Angel" by Louis Joseph Vance is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the central character, Hugh Whitaker, a young man who, upon learning he has only a few months to live, confronts the profound unfairness of fate and contemplates the impending end of his life. Struck by despair, his journey spirals through themes of love, loss, and unexpected connections as he attempts to navigate his remaining time. The opening of the novel introduces Hugh Whitaker in a doctor's office, where he receives the crushing news about his terminal illness. Alongside two consulting specialists, Greyerson and Hartt, Hugh struggles to comprehend the finality of his situation—despite feeling fit and healthy. As he grapples with his emotions, he learns about the consequences of his impending mortality, not only for himself but also for Alice Carstairs, the woman he loves. This initial chapter sets up a narrative that promises to explore complex human emotions, the weight of social expectations, and the intertwining of lives in desperate circumstances, hinting at an unexpected turn as Whitaker's fate begins to alter after a chance meeting. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32302/32302-h/images/cover.jpg en Love stories Adventure stories Mystery fiction PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 515387 515117 2024-09-13T13:48:38.205822 2023-09-14T07:49:29.895073 text/html text/html 522292 2010-05-08T16:58:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 421516 2010-05-08T17:00:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 437174 2024-09-13T13:48:45.171800 application/epub+zip 443498 2024-09-13T13:48:39.136781 application/epub+zip 254509 2024-09-13T13:48:38.671785 application/epub+zip 604084 2024-09-13T13:48:50.132758 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 576160 2024-09-13T13:48:44.720787 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388199 2022-09-15T03:58:43.222694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 489812 489566 2024-09-13T13:48:36.790815 2023-09-14T07:49:28.566051 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 489411 2010-05-08T16:39:55 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 195170 2010-05-08T16:39:55 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 489342 2010-05-08T16:39:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 195078 2010-05-08T16:39:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21727 2024-09-13T13:48:50.278748 application/rdf+xml 18474 2024-09-13T13:48:38.763797 image/jpeg 2828 2024-09-13T13:48:38.717814 image/jpeg 418355 2024-09-13T13:48:38.264865 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