Project Gutenberg 2015-04-05 Public domain in the USA. 70 Hope, Anthony 1863 1933 Hawkins, Anthony Hope Percival, Harold A Servant of the Public E-text prepared by Paul L'Allier, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana) "A Servant of the Public" by Anthony Hope is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative explores themes of social status, personal ambition, and romantic entanglements among a cast of characters navigating the complexities of their interrelationships within the British upper class. Central to the story are characters like Ashley Mead, Lady Kilnorton, and Ora Pinsent, whose lives intertwine in both comedic and dramatic ways as they grapple with their desires and societal expectations. At the start of the novel, the reader is introduced to the various characters within the Muddock family, whose social rise is portrayed against the backdrop of their commercial success. Through dialogue, Ashley Mead provides a humorous account of the Muddock family history to Lady Kilnorton, who observes their dynamics with a combination of interest and amusement. As the plot unfolds, we see Alice Muddock's inner struggle between loyalty to her family and her growing feelings for Mead, while the enigmatic actress Ora Pinsent lies at the center of a complicated web of attraction that includes both Bowdon and Mead. The opening sets the tone for a story rich in character-driven exploration, wit, and the social intricacies of early 20th-century England. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Man-woman relationships -- Fiction England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Actresses -- Fiction Lawyers -- Fiction Superficiality -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 654556 654285 2024-09-20T09:56:10.241675 2023-09-21T06:40:52.687770 text/html text/html 663114 2015-04-05T13:31:58 text/html 987134 2015-04-05T13:44:30 text/html application/zip 1094915 2024-09-20T09:56:19.452631 application/epub+zip 1099511 2024-09-20T09:56:11.657689 application/epub+zip 306357 2024-09-20T09:56:10.935675 application/epub+zip 1285377 2024-09-20T09:56:25.477616 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1234549 2024-09-20T09:56:18.534659 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 445356 2022-09-22T05:49:59.163784 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 603629 603402 2024-09-20T09:56:08.555749 2023-09-21T06:40:50.980777 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 603579 2015-04-05T13:27:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 227559 2015-04-05T13:27:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 603589 2015-04-05T13:27:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 227521 2015-04-05T13:27:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21563 2024-09-20T09:56:25.623597 application/rdf+xml 17140 2024-09-20T09:56:11.029669 image/jpeg 1865 2024-09-20T09:56:10.982683 image/jpeg 998100 2024-09-20T09:56:10.320741 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