Project Gutenberg 2011-08-23 Public domain in the USA. 68 Payn, James 1830 1898 Lost Sir Massingberd: A Romance of Real Life. v. 2/2 Produced by Andrea Ball, Christine Bell & Marc D'Hooghe (From images generously made available by the Internet Archive) "Lost Sir Massingberd: A Romance of Real Life" by James Payn is a fictional novel written in the mid-19th century. The story follows the complex lives of various characters, notably Sir Massingberd, a controversial baronet whose mysterious disappearance sets into motion a series of dramatic events. Themes of morality, the consequences of one's actions, and the interplay between fate and free will are central to the unfolding narrative. At the start of the novel, the protagonist expresses apprehension about meeting Sir Massingberd, fearing the deceitful nature of the baronet. The tension builds as he contemplates the dark past of the family and the sinister presence of the butler, Gilmore, who is equally embroiled in the baronet's schemes. The narrative further takes a somber turn when Sir Massingberd goes missing, prompting a search within Fairburn Chase. This disappearance raises suspicions of foul play, especially related to the gipsy community linked to Sir Massingberd's past transgressions, propelling the characters into a web of intrigue and unanswered questions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction Detective and mystery stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 266148 266158 2024-09-15T14:52:41.805388 2023-09-16T08:12:01.788069 text/html text/html 244598 2024-04-03T08:27:27 text/html 166409 2024-09-15T14:52:46.937337 application/epub+zip 169341 2024-09-15T14:52:43.362362 application/epub+zip 169341 2024-09-15T14:52:42.396385 application/epub+zip 341126 2024-09-15T14:52:49.756326 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 329526 2024-09-15T14:52:46.318579 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 313637 2022-09-17T05:30:18.455491 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253878 253892 2024-09-15T14:52:41.419369 2023-09-16T08:12:01.428084 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 233938 2024-04-03T09:20:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16290 2024-09-15T14:52:49.882304 application/rdf+xml 16795 2024-09-15T14:52:42.762339 image/jpeg 3747 2024-09-15T14:52:42.570362 image/jpeg 165938 2024-09-15T14:52:41.830367 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