Project Gutenberg 2012-08-08 Public domain in the USA. 75 Marsh, Richard 1857 1915 Heldman, Richard Bernard Heldmann, Bernard Hodgson, E. S. (Edward Smith) 1866 1937 Hodgson, E.S. Hodgson, Edward Smith Violet Forster's Lover Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by Google Books (Oxford University) "Violet Forster's Lover" by Richard Marsh is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book follows Sydney Beaton, an officer entangled in a gambling scandal, who faces disgrace and poverty. Set against a backdrop of social turmoil, the story revolves around his tumultuous relationships, particularly with Violet Forster, a woman devoted to him amidst his downfall. The opening of the novel introduces us to Sydney Beaton in a tense poker game where he is accused of cheating. This moment escalates into chaos when Beaton, struggling with his dwindling finances and reputation, reacts aggressively to the accusation. As the scene unfolds, we learn more about his character and circumstances, including his strained relationship with his brother and his desperation for financial aid. After a series of unfortunate events leads him to leave the barracks in disgrace, Beaton’s life steadily declines, culminating in a dramatic encounter in Hyde Park that sets the stage for the complexities of his relationship with Violet and the challenges he will face moving forward. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 536004 527804 2024-09-17T06:10:47.317732 2023-09-17T14:20:48.425538 text/html text/html 537155 2012-08-08T10:02:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 444665 2012-08-08T10:02:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 477673 2024-09-17T06:10:56.070655 application/epub+zip 487345 2024-09-17T06:10:49.447724 application/epub+zip 240071 2024-09-17T06:10:48.206744 application/epub+zip 485985 2024-09-17T06:11:00.765679 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 450252 2024-09-17T06:10:55.042678 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 410809 2022-09-18T13:47:47.242604 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 462887 462808 2024-09-17T06:10:45.477779 2023-09-17T14:20:46.812523 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 462723 2012-08-08T10:02:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 169303 2012-08-08T10:02:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 462715 2012-08-08T10:02:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 169270 2012-08-08T10:02:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20496 2024-09-17T06:11:00.912655 application/rdf+xml 14135 2024-09-17T06:10:48.569717 image/jpeg 4041 2024-09-17T06:10:48.386710 image/jpeg 495521 2024-09-17T06:10:47.366726 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