Project Gutenberg 2010-12-11 Public domain in the USA. 76 Malet, Lucas 1852 1931 Harrison, Mary St. Leger Kingsley The Gateless Barrier Reading ease score: 69.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Delphine Lettau, David Clarke, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Gateless Barrier" by Lucas Malet is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Laurence Rivers, a young man who is navigating the complexities of life, love, and societal expectations as he travels to England to visit his ailing uncle. As he confronts the dualities of his existence—his successful yet superficial marriage and the intellectual pursuits that beckon him—Laurence grapples with profound questions about identity, purpose, and the human condition. The opening of the novel captures Laurence's inner turmoil as he embarks on a solitary voyage, which provides him with a sense of freedom that he has not experienced since his marriage. The narrative introduces a contrast between the vibrant, bustling life he leads in society and the deeper introspections that the sea brings forth. Upon arriving at his uncle's estate, Stoke Rivers, Laurence discovers not only the oppressive atmosphere of the house but also hears unsettling tales about it, setting the stage for the exploration of supernatural elements and moral questions he will encounter. Through his interactions with his enigmatic uncle, who is both intellectually stimulating and critical, Laurence is drawn into a web of existential inquiries that may change the course of his life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction Love stories Ghost stories PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 417560 417575 2024-10-14T14:03:04.487930 2023-09-15T07:48:02.499316 text/html text/html 419148 2021-01-07T07:37:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 163407 2021-01-07T07:37:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 228665 2024-10-14T14:03:11.543949 application/epub+zip 235198 2024-10-14T14:03:06.632904 application/epub+zip 235198 2024-10-14T14:03:05.290918 application/epub+zip 418496 2024-10-14T14:03:15.590937 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393195 2024-10-14T14:03:10.749929 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365148 2022-09-16T04:11:39.046944 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 402803 402554 2024-10-14T14:03:03.854021 2023-09-15T07:48:02.016347 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 402648 2021-01-07T07:37:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 159999 2021-01-07T07:37:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 402641 2021-01-07T07:37:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 159957 2021-01-07T07:37:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21879 2024-10-14T14:03:15.718863 application/rdf+xml 12478 2024-10-14T14:03:05.897944 image/jpeg 3433 2024-10-14T14:03:05.622961 image/jpeg 224612 2024-10-14T14:03:04.525959 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