Project Gutenberg 2012-10-18 Public domain in the USA. 82 Bottome, Phyllis 1882 1963 Forbes Dennis, Phyllis Price, Norman 1877 1951 Price, Norman Mills The Second Fiddle Produced by Bill Tozier, Barbara Tozier, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Second Fiddle" by Phyllis Bottome is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is centered around the character Stella Waring, who navigates her role as a secretary in a bustling London office, balancing her personal ambitions with the demands of her family life. The backdrop of the narrative is set against the rising tensions of war and the dramatic cultural life in London, particularly through the character's experiences of art and familial relationships. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Stella, an intelligent and capable woman who works diligently for Mr. Leslie Travers at the town hall. The opening scenes highlight her mundane yet significant routines, her relationships with her sisters, and her aspirations to enjoy cultural events like opera performances. As preparations for war unfold, Stella grapples with her sense of responsibility to her family and her own desires. Her relationships, particularly with her more passionate sister Eurydice and the enigmatic Sir Julian Verny, hint at deeper emotional currents that will play out as the story progresses, establishing a tension between personal aspirations and familial loyalty amidst the chaos of an impending conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41107/41107-h/images/cover.jpg en Love stories Sisters -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- Fiction Disabled veterans -- England -- Fiction Secretaries -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 401054 401061 2024-09-17T09:50:24.215632 2023-09-18T05:00:32.993041 text/html text/html 400806 2012-10-18T11:50:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1105747 2012-10-18T11:53:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1167666 2024-09-17T09:50:29.947592 application/epub+zip 1171928 2024-09-17T09:50:25.162588 application/epub+zip 212506 2024-09-17T09:50:24.728647 application/epub+zip 1300526 2024-09-17T09:50:33.771564 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1270311 2024-09-17T09:50:29.466581 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 312547 2022-09-18T18:46:03.787119 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 382275 382154 2024-09-17T09:50:23.464618 2023-09-18T05:00:32.320018 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 382201 2012-10-18T11:50:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 144480 2012-10-18T11:53:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 382193 2012-10-18T11:52:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 144440 2012-10-18T11:53:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22149 2024-09-17T09:50:33.913549 application/rdf+xml 14703 2024-09-17T09:50:24.817704 image/jpeg 2604 2024-09-17T09:50:24.772592 image/jpeg 1108395 2024-09-17T09:50:24.281643 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