Project Gutenberg 2010-10-26 Public domain in the USA. 167 Fenn, George Manville 1831 1909 Fenn, G. M. (George Manville) Fenn, G. Manville (George Manville) Lady Maude's Mania Reading ease score: 81.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "Lady Maude's Mania" by George Manville Fenn is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Lady Maude Diphoos and her family, particularly focusing on her impending marriage and the dynamics within her aristocratic household. The narrative explores themes of love, social expectations, and family pressures, setting up conflicts between the wishes of the characters and the constraints of their societal roles. The opening of the novel introduces the reader to the eccentric Earl of Barmouth and his son, Viscount Diphoos, who are in a state of anxious anticipation for Lady Maude's wedding. Conversations between the characters reveal their personalities, with the earl displaying a blend of humor and frailty, while Tom expresses both concern for his father's well-being and cynicism regarding societal conventions. The tension rises as Lady Maude struggles with her emotions about the marriage, hinting at deeper undercurrents of love and resistance, particularly when it comes to her feelings for another suitor, Charley Melton. This captivating start lays a rich framework for exploring how love and duty clash within the lives of the characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 427661 427321 2025-02-14T05:14:05.651780 2023-09-15T05:40:14.907504 text/html text/html 457596 2010-10-26T11:25:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 147920 2010-10-26T11:25:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 226546 2025-02-14T05:14:15.564694 application/epub+zip 231814 2025-02-14T05:14:09.263717 application/epub+zip 216676 2025-02-14T05:14:07.714713 application/epub+zip 437886 2025-02-14T05:14:19.889660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 428555 2025-02-14T05:14:14.610705 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 403136 2022-09-15T13:49:55.500377 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 390838 390813 2025-02-14T05:14:04.812746 2023-09-15T05:40:14.041483 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 390695 2010-10-26T11:25:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 146026 2010-10-26T11:25:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 390686 2010-10-26T11:25:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 146004 2010-10-26T11:25:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21262 2025-02-14T05:14:20.024651 application/rdf+xml 14537 2025-02-14T05:14:08.366718 image/jpeg 3586 2025-02-14T05:14:08.077741 image/jpeg 221579 2025-02-14T05:14:05.688724 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