Project Gutenberg 2012-08-04 Public domain in the USA. 65 Cholmondeley, Mary 1859 1925 A Devotee: An Episode in the Life of a Butterfly Produced by Suzanne Shell, Linda Hamilton, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "A Devotee: An Episode in the Life of a Butterfly" by Mary Cholmondeley is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers on Sibyl Carruthers, a beautiful yet fragile heiress, who harbors deep emotional turmoil connected to her feelings for Mr. Loftus, an older man with a complex past. As the narrative unfolds, readers will witness Sibyl's yearning and desperation, set against the backdrop of societal expectations and personal sacrifice. At the start of the story, the cathedral resounds with music, stirring emotions within Sibyl as she grapples with her desires. After a musical performance, she experiences overwhelming affection for Mr. Loftus, confessing her love amid the uncertainty of whether it will be reciprocated. Their subsequent interactions reveal the age gap and their differing perspectives on love and life, with Sibyl's impulsive nature contrasting with Mr. Loftus’s more tempered demeanor. Significantly, the opening portion sets the stage for themes of unrequited love, emotional vulnerability, and societal pressures that will likely resonate throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40408/40408-h/images/cover.jpg en England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Young women -- Fiction Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Marriage -- Fiction Older men -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 223316 221315 2024-09-17T05:52:49.925565 2023-09-17T14:05:20.840694 text/html text/html 220492 2012-08-04T11:17:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 192287 2012-08-04T11:17:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 195783 2024-09-17T05:52:54.175534 application/epub+zip 199469 2024-09-17T05:52:50.600573 application/epub+zip 144694 2024-09-17T05:52:50.259530 application/epub+zip 305038 2024-09-17T05:52:57.449544 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 277421 2024-09-17T05:52:53.825523 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213368 2022-09-18T13:27:23.631435 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 187515 187288 2024-09-17T05:52:49.125537 2023-09-17T14:05:20.231806 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 187313 2012-08-04T11:17:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 72424 2012-08-04T11:17:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 187305 2012-08-04T11:17:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 72364 2012-08-04T11:17:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21752 2024-09-17T05:52:57.590490 application/rdf+xml 35656 2024-09-17T05:52:50.344544 image/jpeg 4702 2024-09-17T05:52:50.301525 image/jpeg 193739 2024-09-17T05:52:49.954539 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