Project Gutenberg 2011-01-25 Public domain in the USA. 144 Hamilton, Cosmo 1942 The Rustle of Silk Reading ease score: 79.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Rustle of Silk" by Cosmo Hamilton is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative introduces the life of a young girl named Lola Breezy, who is navigating her desires for a better social class and aspirations for a more glamorous life while contending with her humble origins as the daughter of a watchmaker. The story sets a vibrant backdrop of early 1920s London, emphasizing themes of class, social mobility, and the vibrant quest for identity. The opening of the narrative presents Lola as a captivating presence, whether during her playful interactions in the streets of Bayswater or in her yearning to transcend her modest upbringing. Observed by a man who is a playwright, Lola's enchantment with prominent figures in politics, particularly the character Fallaray, reflects her ambitions and naïve dreamscapes. Her relationship with her family—particularly her anxious mother, Mrs. Breezy, who sees Lola's allure as a threat to social status—contrasts sharply with Lola’s aspirations to step into the world of the aristocracy. As the plot unfolds, Lola’s desire to redefine herself leads her to seek a position as a lady’s maid, which would ultimately connect her to her idol, Fallaray, and propel the narrative forward into the realms of romance and personal discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/35079/35079-rst/images/cover.jpg http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35079/35079-rst/images/cover.jpg en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 619512 619379 2024-10-15T03:50:31.486325 2023-09-15T09:37:59.884871 text/html text/html 620521 2011-01-25T20:25:16 text/html; charset=utf-8 2933441 2011-01-25T20:25:18 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 558113 2024-10-15T03:50:51.012796 application/epub+zip 870991 2024-10-15T03:50:49.112283 application/pdf 656056 2024-10-15T03:50:36.500400 application/pdf 557183 2024-10-15T03:50:39.666355 application/epub+zip 315930 2024-10-15T03:50:33.826357 application/epub+zip 731070 2024-10-15T03:50:56.198716 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 690692 2024-10-15T03:50:46.080252 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 450436 2022-09-16T06:50:22.204098 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 564051 2024-10-15T03:50:31.008494 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 564101 2011-01-25T20:25:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 219125 2011-01-25T20:25:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 553693 2011-01-25T20:25:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 217701 2011-01-25T20:25:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 553700 2011-01-25T20:25:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 217587 2011-01-25T20:25:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 27296 2024-10-15T03:50:56.342703 application/rdf+xml 568604 568598 2024-10-15T03:50:29.672343 2023-09-15T09:37:59.486843 text/x-rst text/x-rst 568600 2011-01-25T20:25:18 text/x-rst 2925388 2011-01-25T20:25:18 text/x-rst application/zip 26475 2024-10-15T03:50:37.701300 image/jpeg 4378 2024-10-15T03:50:37.254340 image/jpeg 598560 2024-10-15T03:50:31.550410 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