Project Gutenberg 2010-07-09 Public domain in the USA. 70 Saltus, Edgar 1855 1921 Saltus, Edgar Evertson A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes A transient guest -- The grand duke's rubies -- A maid of modern Athens -- Fausta. Produced by Adam Buchbinder, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes" by Edgar Saltus is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. This volume primarily explores various characters and episodes, blending social commentary with intricate descriptions of settings and emotions. The opening story introduces Tancred Ennever, a young American man venturing through the exotic landscapes of Sumatra, where his experiences intertwine with his feelings towards two intriguing women: Mrs. Lyeth and her daughter, Liance. The beginning of the book sets the stage with Tancred's arrival at a tropical locale in Sumatra as a guest of General Petrus van Lier. The lush descriptions of the environment juxtapose the complexities of Tancred’s emotions as he navigates social dynamics—particularly his instant attraction to Mrs. Lyeth and the captivating young Liance. Structured with rich imagery and inner monologues, the narrative delves into themes of desire, societal expectations, and the allure of the unknown. As the story progresses, interpersonal relationships become complicated by cultural differences and the weight of personal aspirations, foreshadowing tension that may arise in subsequent episodes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction Short stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 175399 175422 2024-09-14T05:57:18.908764 2023-09-14T10:43:04.913212 text/html text/html 173321 2010-07-09T10:43:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 67104 2010-07-09T10:43:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 127351 2024-09-14T05:57:23.618723 application/epub+zip 128773 2024-09-14T05:57:20.566718 application/epub+zip 128774 2024-09-14T05:57:19.559739 application/epub+zip 273849 2024-09-14T05:57:25.933690 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261126 2024-09-14T05:57:22.969705 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261256 2022-09-15T08:05:17.389771 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164312 164092 2024-09-14T05:57:18.527766 2023-09-14T10:43:04.572210 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 164121 2010-07-09T10:43:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 64920 2010-07-09T10:43:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 164116 2010-07-09T10:43:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 64868 2010-07-09T10:43:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20372 2024-09-14T05:57:26.063682 application/rdf+xml 15441 2024-09-14T05:57:19.912736 image/jpeg 3600 2024-09-14T05:57:19.735719 image/jpeg 128811 2024-09-14T05:57:18.925736 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