Project Gutenberg 2014-01-25 Public domain in the USA. 66 Birmingham, George A. 1865 1950 Hannay, James Owen Birmingham, G. A. (George A.) Hannay, James O. (James Owen) The Smuggler's Cave E-text prepared by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Smuggler's Cave" by George A. Birmingham is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the seemingly simple activities surrounding a local village pageant in Hailey Compton, which unexpectedly sparks scandal and intrigue, affecting even high society and politics. The narrative introduces characters such as Sir Evelyn Dent, a retired Cabinet Minister with a fondness for history, who seeks to uncover the mysteries tied to the village's smuggling past. The opening of the novel sets a whimsical tone as it describes the quaint and secluded village of Hailey Compton, where Sir Evelyn arrives with intentions of exploring a historical sea cave. Through his meeting with the villagers, particularly the vivacious Mrs. Agatha Eames, we witness the brewing excitement over the idea of staging a dramatic pageant that celebrates their smuggling history. The dynamics between the characters reveal underlying humor and societal observations, with Sir Evelyn's scholarly pursuits contrasting with Mrs. Eames's exuberant community enthusiasm. Overall, the beginning lays the groundwork for a narrative full of unexpected twists, character interactions, and the resulting consequences of a small village's efforts to gain recognition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44752/44752-h/images/cover.jpg en Villages -- England -- Fiction Pageants -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 404949 404736 2024-09-18T18:08:24.333952 2023-09-19T13:28:05.416880 text/html text/html 410868 2014-01-25T14:14:50 text/html 155808 2014-01-25T14:21:04 text/html application/zip 172307 2024-09-18T18:08:30.013953 application/epub+zip 173679 2024-09-18T18:08:25.245959 application/epub+zip 173680 2024-09-18T18:08:24.795952 application/epub+zip 293156 2024-09-18T18:08:33.897923 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 250987 2024-09-18T18:08:29.503929 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251165 2022-09-20T12:27:17.534791 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 363367 363197 2024-09-18T18:08:23.519984 2023-09-19T13:28:04.669883 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 362942 2014-01-25T14:09:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 136909 2014-01-25T14:09:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 362956 2014-01-25T14:09:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 136879 2014-01-25T14:09:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20734 2024-09-18T18:08:34.033897 application/rdf+xml 8081 2024-09-18T18:08:24.879958 image/jpeg 1534 2024-09-18T18:08:24.838937 image/jpeg 153106 2024-09-18T18:08:24.369967 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