Project Gutenberg 2010-09-17 Public domain in the USA. 55 Zangwill, Louis 1869 1938 An Engagement of Convenience: A Novel Reading ease score: 71.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Edwards, Pat McCoy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "An Engagement of Convenience: A Novel" by Louis Zangwill is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Miss Alice Robinson, who harbors a deep affection for her reclusive neighbor, the artist Wyndham. As she observes his decline in fortune following a financial crash, Alice is torn between her feelings for him and her own insecurities, while Wyndham grapples with his identity as an artist amid adversity. The opening of the story introduces us to Alice Robinson, who has been enamored with Wyndham from a distance, captivated by his artistic life and charm. As Wyndham's prosperity crumbles, Alice's admiration turns into an urgent desire to help him, culminating in her rejection of a marriage proposal from a more suitable suitor. Meanwhile, we also see Wyndham's despair as he battles his own demons, feeling increasingly isolated and helpless. This sets the stage for a poignant exploration of love, ambition, and the complexities of social class as the characters navigate their intertwined fates. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 500401 500402 2024-10-14T09:13:45.529229 2023-09-15T04:02:15.143036 text/html text/html 507366 2010-09-17T12:23:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 190240 2010-09-17T12:23:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 294309 2024-10-14T09:13:56.225006 application/epub+zip 297456 2024-10-14T09:13:49.528028 application/epub+zip 276428 2024-10-14T09:13:47.981093 application/epub+zip 571068 2024-10-14T09:14:01.367034 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 514553 2024-10-14T09:13:55.066078 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 461494 2022-09-15T11:33:08.600809 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 458858 458762 2024-10-14T09:13:44.359127 2023-09-15T04:02:14.252070 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 458637 2010-09-17T12:23:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 178656 2010-09-17T12:23:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 458630 2010-09-17T12:23:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 178560 2010-09-17T12:23:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20939 2024-10-14T09:14:01.507998 application/rdf+xml 17769 2024-10-14T09:13:48.558079 image/jpeg 4101 2024-10-14T09:13:48.269052 image/jpeg 280764 2024-10-14T09:13:45.573115 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