Project Gutenberg 2010-12-10 Public domain in the USA. 114 Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred) 1827 1876 Barren Honour: A Novel Reading ease score: 64.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by David Garcia, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library) "Barren Honour: A Novel" by George A. Lawrence is a historical fiction novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative centers around the lives of the Vavasour family, particularly focusing on Hubert Vavasour and his daughter, Helen, as they navigate societal expectations, personal ambitions, and the complexities of love and honor amid the backdrop of their estate and its financial struggles. The opening of the novel introduces the town of Newmanham, a bustling center of trade representative of industrial expansion, setting the stage for the ensuing conflicts within the Vavasour family. Hubert Vavasour grapples with the future of his home at Dene as he learns about the financial difficulties stemming from his poor stewardship and the looming threat of foreclosure by a wealthy businessman, Schmidt. The narrative quickly transitions to the budding romance between his daughter, Helen, and her cousin Alan Wyverne, revealing tensions between familial duty and personal desire, especially as Lady Mildred, Hubert's wife, contemplates the implications of this engagement. The dynamics among the characters are fleshed out with wit and a historical lens, engaging readers in the intricate web of relationships that form the heart of the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 702280 702295 2024-10-14T14:02:17.571182 2023-09-15T07:47:26.567031 text/html text/html 705597 2010-12-10T15:07:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 278330 2010-12-10T15:07:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 358050 2024-10-14T14:02:28.309107 application/epub+zip 369878 2024-10-14T14:02:20.956210 application/epub+zip 365407 2024-10-14T14:02:19.520143 application/epub+zip 649154 2024-10-14T14:02:34.463071 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 616688 2024-10-14T14:02:27.367135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 537171 2022-09-16T04:10:43.984998 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 678576 678363 2024-10-14T14:02:16.597158 2023-09-15T07:47:25.595030 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 678269 2010-12-10T15:07:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 272870 2010-12-10T15:07:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 678275 2010-12-10T15:07:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 272640 2010-12-10T15:07:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21282 2024-10-14T14:02:34.600072 application/rdf+xml 14824 2024-10-14T14:02:20.091126 image/jpeg 4283 2024-10-14T14:02:19.801148 image/jpeg 351415 2024-10-14T14:02:17.635167 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