Project Gutenberg 2014-03-08 Public domain in the USA. 124 Broster, D. K. (Dorothy Kathleen) 1877 1950 Broster, Dorothy Kathleen Taylor, G. Winifred (Gertrude Winifred) 1882 Taylor, Gertrude Winifred Taylor, G. W. The Vision Splendid Produced by Al Haines "The Vision Splendid" by D. K. Broster and G. Winifred Taylor is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of early 19th century England, the story revolves around the life of Horatia Grenville, a well-educated yet unmarried woman navigating societal expectations and personal aspirations. The narrative unfolds in her picturesque garden, where she grapples with her desire for intellectual fulfillment while contending with the pressures of marriage and domesticity. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Horatia as she enjoys her summer afternoon, ostensibly reading Plato, yet lost in her thoughts about the roles women play in society. We learn about her unconventional upbringing as a parson's daughter and her aversion to societal norms that expect women to prioritize marriage over personal ambition. Encounters with Tristram Hungerford, a family friend who has proposed to her in the past, set the tone for a deepening relationship fraught with unspoken feelings. The narrative hints at emerging tensions as societal currents of the period shift, blending themes of individual desire with the expectations of family and society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45074/45074-rst/images/img-cover.jpg en England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Oxford movement -- Fiction British -- France -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction French -- England -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 930763 930719 2024-09-19T03:58:47.179181 2023-09-19T15:14:24.233337 text/html text/html 933720 2015-08-17T09:17:06 text/html; charset=utf-8 374211 2015-08-17T09:17:06 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 392751 2024-09-19T03:59:14.379573 application/epub+zip 929469 2024-09-19T03:59:11.284063 application/pdf 929468 2024-09-19T03:58:53.969146 application/pdf 416901 2024-09-19T03:58:58.452161 application/epub+zip 416902 2024-09-19T03:58:50.318167 application/epub+zip 625913 2024-09-19T03:59:21.432516 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 580020 2024-09-19T03:59:07.594089 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 580602 2022-09-20T15:00:55.434301 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 804226 2024-09-19T03:58:46.393168 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 805050 2015-08-17T09:16:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 310146 2015-08-17T09:16:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 801227 2015-08-17T09:17:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 309320 2015-08-17T09:17:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 801232 2015-08-17T09:17:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 309042 2015-08-17T09:17:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 27965 2024-09-19T03:59:21.588514 application/rdf+xml 792917 2024-09-19T03:58:44.154232 2023-09-19T15:14:23.505331 text/x-rst text/x-rst 792917 2015-08-17T09:16:54 text/x-rst 354487 2015-08-17T09:16:54 text/x-rst application/zip 12048 2024-09-19T03:58:55.436157 image/jpeg 1711 2024-09-19T03:58:54.720106 image/jpeg 373704 2024-09-19T03:58:47.256156 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