Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 59 MacGrath, Harold 1871 1932 Half a Rogue Produced by Duncan Harrod. HTML version by Al Haines. "Half a Rogue" by Harold MacGrath is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Richard Warrington, a young and somewhat frustrated playwright navigating the chaotic world of theatre in New York. He is portrayed as a man of talent but also a victim of the intricate social dynamics that come with being an artist, dealing with demands from actors and the whims of the theatre industry. The opening of the novel introduces Warrington as he dines at a quiet restaurant, where he contemplates the challenges of his current play's rehearsal. During his solitary meal, a young woman named Katherine Challoner approaches him for help after forgetting her purse. This moment of chance leads to a deeper engagement as Warrington learns of her troubles and her determination to make her acting career successful. Their interaction sets the stage for a series of events that will unravel Katherine's past and the complexities of her ambitions, while also offering Warrington an opportunity for potential romance and reflection on his own life choices. The chapter establishes a tone of tension and intrigue, hinting at the unfolding drama between the worlds of art, love, and societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 557298 553024 2024-10-02T14:02:59.155560 2023-10-02T11:46:04.350790 text/html text/html 547670 2020-12-28T07:43:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 204779 2020-12-28T07:43:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 274100 2024-10-02T14:03:07.992429 application/epub+zip 285408 2024-10-02T14:03:01.263511 application/epub+zip 285408 2024-10-02T14:02:59.924532 application/epub+zip 468252 2024-10-02T14:03:12.939402 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 452979 2024-10-02T14:03:07.171457 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 421835 2022-09-03T04:18:58.284276 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 515003 514966 2024-10-02T14:02:57.387489 2023-10-02T11:46:02.858770 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 514937 2020-12-28T07:43:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 200535 2020-12-28T07:43:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19407 2024-10-02T14:03:13.076388 application/rdf+xml 10696 2024-10-02T14:03:00.541488 image/jpeg 3054 2024-10-02T14:03:00.249474 image/jpeg 267478 2024-10-02T14:02:59.203489 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