This edition had all images removed.
Title: The Temptress
Note: Reading ease score: 72.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits: Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
Summary: "The Temptress" by William Le Queux is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book unfolds a dramatic tale beginning in a bleak chapel on the penal island of New Caledonia, where a convict marries his bride amid grim circumstances. The story introduces the main characters, including a sorrowful husband serving a long sentence and his seemingly indifferent wife, who harbors deeper feelings of contempt for her new marital ties and a desire for freedom. At the start of the novel, readers witness a poignant but ironic wedding ceremony between a convict and his bride. The setting is stark and filled with despair, highlighting the harsh realities of life on the penal island. Immediately after the ceremony, the husband is taken back into the penal system, while his wife, initially masked in conventionality, reveals her true feelings of frustration and hatred towards the man she has just married. She expresses a desire for his demise to reclaim her freedom, emphasizing the internal conflict and tension between social duty and personal yearning that drives the narrative forward. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Le Queux, William, 1864-1927
EBook No.: 40833
Published: Sep 22, 2012
Downloads: 94
Language: English
Subject: Mystery fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The Temptress
Note: Reading ease score: 72.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits: Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
Summary: "The Temptress" by William Le Queux is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book unfolds a dramatic tale beginning in a bleak chapel on the penal island of New Caledonia, where a convict marries his bride amid grim circumstances. The story introduces the main characters, including a sorrowful husband serving a long sentence and his seemingly indifferent wife, who harbors deeper feelings of contempt for her new marital ties and a desire for freedom. At the start of the novel, readers witness a poignant but ironic wedding ceremony between a convict and his bride. The setting is stark and filled with despair, highlighting the harsh realities of life on the penal island. Immediately after the ceremony, the husband is taken back into the penal system, while his wife, initially masked in conventionality, reveals her true feelings of frustration and hatred towards the man she has just married. She expresses a desire for his demise to reclaim her freedom, emphasizing the internal conflict and tension between social duty and personal yearning that drives the narrative forward. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Le Queux, William, 1864-1927
EBook No.: 40833
Published: Sep 22, 2012
Downloads: 94
Language: English
Subject: Mystery fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.