Project Gutenberg 2016-10-16 Public domain in the USA. 53 Farjeon, B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) 1833 1903 Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold A Fair Jewess Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by Google Books (Harvard University) "A Fair Jewess" by B. L. Farjeon is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Dr. Spenlove, a compassionate and self-sacrificing physician who grapples with poverty while tending to his patients; particularly, he becomes entwined in the life of Mrs. Turner, a woman facing dire circumstances after becoming a mother under desperate conditions. The narrative explores themes of love, moral dilemmas, and societal judgments regarding women and motherhood. The opening portion of the book introduces Dr. Spenlove on a snowy evening as he reflects on his imminent departure from Portsmouth due to his financial struggles. As he walks home, he worries about a particular patient, Mrs. Turner, who has fallen into destitution and is on the verge of losing her child. Despite his own hardships, Spenlove demonstrates profound compassion by delaying his return home to assist her. His concern leads him to search for her amid the inclement weather, and he ultimately discovers both her and her baby in a perilous state in the snow. This sets off a chain of events involving a wealthy man named Mr. Gordon, who wishes to help Mrs. Turner, complicating the moral choices that Spenlove and the woman must face regarding her future and that of her child. The themes of sacrifice, social injustice, and the struggles of motherhood are introduced compellingly, laying a foundation for the emotional and ethical tensions that will unfold in the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English fiction -- 19th century PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 670653 663229 2024-09-22T07:36:20.514682 2023-09-23T06:09:45.073915 text/html text/html 678873 2016-10-16T13:27:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 231062 2016-10-16T13:28:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 301490 2024-09-22T07:36:30.030575 application/epub+zip 315010 2024-09-22T07:36:22.764618 application/epub+zip 315011 2024-09-22T07:36:21.393626 application/epub+zip 519292 2024-09-22T07:36:35.140560 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 496547 2024-09-22T07:36:29.085628 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472211 2022-09-24T07:44:12.666493 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 594806 594727 2024-09-22T07:36:18.517653 2023-09-23T06:09:43.226889 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 595056 2016-10-16T13:27:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 223217 2016-10-16T13:28:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18023 2024-09-22T07:36:35.279562 application/rdf+xml 10861 2024-09-22T07:36:21.966632 image/jpeg 3047 2024-09-22T07:36:21.681621 image/jpeg 291400 2024-09-22T07:36:20.571632 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