The Girl from Malta by Fergus Hume
Read now or download (free!)
| Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read online (web) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/55311.html.images | 395 kB | ||||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/55311.epub3.images | 206 kB |
Send
to kindle email: |
|||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/55311.epub.noimages | 214 kB | ||||
| Kindle | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/55311.kf8.images | 386 kB | ||||
| older Kindles | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/55311.kindle.images | 359 kB | ||||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/55311.txt.utf-8 | 361 kB | ||||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/55311/pg55311-h.zip | 200 kB | ||||
| There may be more files related to this item. | ||||||
About this eBook
| Author | Hume, Fergus, 1859-1932 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Girl from Malta |
| Note | Reading ease score: 80.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Credits | Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by the Web Archive |
| Summary | "The Girl from Malta" by Fergus Hume is a fictional novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around the enigmatic Lionel Ventin, whose troubled past and present culminate in a murder mystery that unfolds aboard the steamship Neptune as it travels to Malta. The narrative promises intrigue, romance, and the exploration of complex human relationships, primarily involving Ventin and his tragic entanglements with women and societal expectations. At the start of the novel, the stage is set on the Neptune, where passengers, including Ventin, revel in the excitement of their journey. Ventin, revealing hints of a painful history and a looming sense of dread, engages in conversations with the young and carefree Ronald Monteith. As Ventin shares his backstory filled with lost love and regret, he becomes a figure of sympathy, particularly due to his connection with a wife he fears might cause him harm. The chapter concludes ominously by establishing a tense atmosphere, foreshadowing complexities and potential calamity as the ship nears Malta. As the passengers interact, the groundwork is laid for a narrative rich in character dynamics and dramatic tension. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Mystery fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 55311 |
| Release Date | Aug 9, 2017 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 89 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |
