Project Gutenberg 2012-01-27 Public domain in the USA. 51 Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) 1865 1948 Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley The Truants Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive "The Truants" by A. E. W. Mason is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the lives of two characters, Pamela Mardale and Tony Stretton, exploring themes of personal aspiration, societal expectations, and the effects of isolation on relationships. The narrative also introduces M. Giraud, a schoolmaster, highlighting the complexities of unfulfilled potential and the burdens of friendship. At the start of the novel, we meet Pamela Mardale, a young woman who appears vibrant and engaged with her surroundings but is secretly struggling with her own desires. The opening chapters set up her relationships with Giraud, who becomes her history tutor, and her mother, who has ambitious plans for her future. Meanwhile, the story shifts to Tony Stretton and his wife, Millie, who live under the oppressive shadow of his father, Sir John, in a house filled with the threat of stagnation. As Tony prepares to leave for a new venture, the pressures of their situation and Millie's emotional turmoil bring a poignant gravity to their lives. The themes of longing and the desire for escape are woven throughout the narrative, urging both characters to confront their challenges and navigate their changing realities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 683653 676705 2024-10-16T10:15:36.005155 2023-09-17T04:55:48.544826 text/html text/html 690652 2021-01-08T11:42:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 232829 2021-01-08T11:42:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 306800 2024-10-16T10:15:46.324078 application/epub+zip 317996 2024-10-16T10:15:38.568227 application/epub+zip 317996 2024-10-16T10:15:37.054148 application/epub+zip 539207 2024-10-16T10:15:52.279099 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 500295 2024-10-16T10:15:45.263097 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 471476 2022-09-17T15:49:54.726969 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 608625 608572 2024-10-16T10:15:33.826166 2023-09-17T04:55:46.820826 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 608533 2021-01-08T11:42:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 225045 2021-01-08T11:42:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 608525 2021-01-08T11:42:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 224972 2021-01-08T11:42:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21175 2024-10-16T10:15:52.418063 application/rdf+xml 10248 2024-10-16T10:15:37.645107 image/jpeg 2855 2024-10-16T10:15:37.350104 image/jpeg 296619 2024-10-16T10:15:36.060148 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