Project Gutenberg 2019-02-21 Public domain in the USA. 29 Anethan, Albert d', Baroness 1860 1935 Anethan, A. d', Baroness Anethan, Eleanora Mary Haggard, baronne d' D'Anethan, Albert, Baroness Haggard, Mary Straight, Willard Dickerman 1880 1918 Straight, W. D. (Willard Dickerman) It Happened in Japan Reading ease score: 69.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Mary Glenn Krause, Ernest Schaal, amsibert and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "It Happened in Japan" by Baroness Albert d'Anethan is a fictional narrative written in the early 20th century. The story follows Pearl Nugent, a woman seeking to leave behind the shadows of her tumultuous past in England, particularly surrounding her unhappy marriage and controversial divorce. As she embarks on a new life in Japan, the narrative explores themes of love, renunciation, and the complex dynamics of societal judgment. At the start of the novel, two men, Monsieur de Güldenfeldt and Sir Ralph Nicholson, are aboard a ship heading to Japan and engage in conversation that hints at their shared knowledge of Pearl's past. Pearl, who has recently changed her name after gaining a divorce, grapples with the consequences of her decisions as she strives for a fresh start. Their encounter on the ship unfolds as a catalyst for the exploration of her character and circumstances, and the narrative portrays her internal conflict as she confronts both the allure of new beginnings and the inescapable ties to her previous life. The opening establishes a pivotal moment for Pearl as she navigates the complexities of identity, reputation, and self-awareness in a new cultural landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Japan -- Fiction Europeans -- Japan -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 497749 497751 2024-09-24T10:51:32.128711 2023-09-25T09:31:41.959313 text/html text/html 510989 2019-02-21T10:12:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1090805 2019-02-21T10:13:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 651423 2024-09-24T10:51:46.260613 application/epub+zip 660597 2024-09-24T10:51:38.402633 application/epub+zip 242641 2024-09-24T10:51:35.511710 application/epub+zip 418655 2024-09-24T10:51:50.469640 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 382027 2024-09-24T10:51:43.333623 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301878 2022-09-26T18:45:10.366919 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 439735 439487 2024-09-24T10:51:31.147693 2023-09-25T09:31:41.202313 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 439681 2019-02-21T10:12:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 167582 2019-02-21T10:13:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19462 2024-09-24T10:51:50.610577 application/rdf+xml 12905 2024-09-24T10:51:35.616653 image/jpeg 2419 2024-09-24T10:51:35.563675 image/jpeg 1093778 2024-09-24T10:51:32.184705 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