Project Gutenberg 2012-09-28 Public domain in the USA. 95 Whyte-Melville, G. J. (George John) 1821 1878 Whyte-Melville, George John Melville, G. J. Whyte Crealocke, Henry Hope 1831 1891 Crealocke, H. Hope Katerfelto: A Story of Exmoor Produced by Suzanne Shell, Ayeshah Ali 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.) "Katerfelto: A Story of Exmoor" by G. J. Whyte-Melville is a novel written in the late 19th century that combines elements of historical narrative with romance and adventure. The story begins against a richly detailed backdrop of 18th-century England, focusing on characters embroiled in themes of dueling, honor, and societal unrest, particularly through the experiences of young John Garnet, who finds himself entangled in a fateful altercation. The opening of the novel introduces a tense atmosphere as John Garnet leaves a tavern after an altercation that spirals into a deadly duel. The narrative first captures the public mood surrounding the controversial figure John Wilkes and then shifts to Garnet, who, wounded and disoriented, finds refuge in the house of a mysterious doctor, Katerfelto. The setting moves from the chaos of a London tavern to the quiet seclusion of Deadman's Alley, where he meets Waif, a captivating and enigmatic gipsy girl who becomes his nurse. The dynamics of their relationship begin to unfold, hinting at deeper themes of identity, belonging, and the complexities of love and loyalty amidst the turbulent backdrop of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40883/40883-h/images/cover.jpg en Exmoor (England) -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 564164 564175 2024-09-17T08:40:05.523858 2023-09-18T03:57:17.267322 text/html text/html 568781 2012-09-28T16:08:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1427323 2012-09-28T16:09:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1389436 2024-09-17T08:40:13.117847 application/epub+zip 1394856 2024-09-17T08:40:06.653878 application/epub+zip 289326 2024-09-17T08:40:06.052890 application/epub+zip 1626789 2024-09-17T08:40:18.530855 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1567136 2024-09-17T08:40:12.408869 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 405845 2022-09-18T17:11:05.771666 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 522934 522711 2024-09-17T08:40:04.518926 2023-09-18T03:57:16.377328 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 522807 2012-09-28T16:08:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 207962 2012-09-28T16:08:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 522799 2012-09-28T16:08:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 207938 2012-09-28T16:08:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20996 2024-09-17T08:40:18.686994 application/rdf+xml 17555 2024-09-17T08:40:06.152856 image/jpeg 2495 2024-09-17T08:40:06.101870 image/jpeg 1433706 2024-09-17T08:40:05.610942 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