Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 87 Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) 1880 1936 Reeve, Arthur Benjamin Constance Dunlap Reading ease score: 84.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. The forgers -- The embezzlers -- The gun runners -- The gamblers -- The eavesdroppers -- The clairvoyants -- The plungers -- The abductors -- The shoplifters -- The blackmailers -- The dope fiends -- The fugitives. Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "Constance Dunlap" by Arthur B. Reeve is a novel written during the early 20th century. The narrative primarily revolves around Constance Dunlap, a woman caught in a tumultuous and morally ambiguous world of crime as she and her husband, Carlton, navigate the dark consequences of his embezzlement and their subsequent partnership in forgery. At the start of the story, Carlton Dunlap is seen returning home with a fearful demeanor, hinting at his troubled conscience. He confesses to Constance that he has engaged in embezzlement and intends to flee to escape the repercussions. Constance, initially distraught, quickly shifts from shock to resolve as she proposes ideas for forgery to help their situation. Together, they execute a plan to forge a check that could provide them the means to escape their financial troubles and start anew. This opening establishes a gripping and tense atmosphere, portraying the complexities of their relationship and the ethical dilemmas they face as they spiral deeper into crime. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories Criminals -- Fiction Crime -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Fiction 447114 444370 2024-10-03T04:37:04.302669 2023-10-03T05:01:08.422636 text/html text/html 441294 2020-12-28T17:41:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 158402 2020-12-28T17:41:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 234430 2024-10-03T04:37:13.191614 application/epub+zip 239526 2024-10-03T04:37:07.330690 application/epub+zip 236284 2024-10-03T04:37:06.032660 application/epub+zip 442691 2024-10-03T04:37:17.467611 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429315 2024-10-03T04:37:12.376653 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 402092 2022-09-03T06:39:18.112683 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 409292 409201 2024-10-03T04:37:02.803678 2023-10-03T05:01:07.174612 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 409247 2020-12-28T17:41:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 153869 2020-12-28T17:41:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19880 2024-10-03T04:37:17.615592 application/rdf+xml 14872 2024-10-03T04:37:06.604664 image/jpeg 3940 2024-10-03T04:37:06.316645 image/jpeg 229886 2024-10-03T04:37:04.339732 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