Project Gutenberg 2012-04-13 Public domain in the USA. 57 Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn 1857 1948 Lin, Frank Horn, Gertrude Franklin Mrs. Balfame: A Novel Reading ease score: 79.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "Mrs. Balfame: A Novel" by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton is a fiction work written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Mrs. Enid Balfame, a refined and ambitious woman living in the small town of Elsinore, who becomes increasingly disenchanted with her marriage to David Balfame, a complacent and heavy-drinking man. The narrative explores themes of societal expectations, the roles of women, and the darker facets of domestic life as Mrs. Balfame grapples with intense feelings of resentment and contemplation of murder. The opening of the novel reveals Mrs. Balfame's inner turmoil as she attends a meeting of the Friday Club, where she is struck with the chilling idea of killing her husband, reflecting on the years of resentment building toward him. Through her observations during the meeting and her interactions with fellow club members, we see her struggle with societal norms and the undercurrents of her desires for autonomy and respect. As she plans her husband’s demise, the narrative hints at her determination and complexity, portraying her as both a sympathetic character and a figure on the brink of grave moral decisions. The emotional weight and intensity establish a gripping premise for the unfolding drama in her life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Murder -- Fiction United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction Mystery fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 568639 568405 2024-10-16T14:57:33.104803 2023-09-17T08:45:39.754233 text/html text/html 578419 2012-04-13T09:34:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 228984 2012-04-13T09:37:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 316728 2024-10-16T14:57:43.879721 application/epub+zip 322082 2024-10-16T14:57:36.723779 application/epub+zip 291324 2024-10-16T14:57:35.253783 application/epub+zip 558821 2024-10-16T14:57:49.446728 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 508298 2024-10-16T14:57:42.799756 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 445086 2022-09-18T06:05:26.453666 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 526942 526756 2024-10-16T14:57:31.868795 2023-09-17T08:45:38.711218 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 526602 2012-04-13T09:31:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 204248 2012-04-13T09:31:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 526614 2012-04-13T09:31:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 204197 2012-04-13T09:31:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22503 2024-10-16T14:57:49.585705 application/rdf+xml 13954 2024-10-16T14:57:35.814760 image/jpeg 3473 2024-10-16T14:57:35.530792 image/jpeg 299657 2024-10-16T14:57:33.158828 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