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LoC No.: 13009286

Title: The Unforgiving Offender

Note: Reading ease score: 84.6 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Credits: E-text prepared by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http: //www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https: //archive.org)

Summary: "The Unforgiving Offender" by John Reed Scott is a fictional novel written in the early 20th century. The story appears to explore themes of social status, relationships, and the complexities of human behavior through the lives of its characters, particularly focusing on Montague Pendleton and his observations of society and its transformations, alongside other characters who navigate their own personal entanglements. At the start of the narrative, various members of the Otranto Country Club congregate, engaged in casual conversations filled with banter and observations about their peers. Montague Pendleton and his friend Sheldon Burgoyne discuss the recent admission of new members like the Emerson family, highlighting issues related to wealth, societal change, and the pursuit of social acceptance. Pendleton is characterized as a perceptive observer, critical of the social climbing and superficialities around him, while the arrival of Stephanie Lorraine, a woman with a scandalous past involving her departure from an unhappy marriage, stirs conversation and scrutiny among the club members. The tension between public perception and personal history sets the stage for the interwoven lives and conflicts that will unfold as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Scott, John Reed, 1869-1942

Illustrator: Underwood, Clarence F., 1871-1929

EBook No.: 62036

Published: May 6, 2020

Downloads: 60

Language: English

Subject: United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction

Subject: Rich people -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:62036:2 2020-05-06T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Underwood, Clarence F. Scott, John Reed en urn:lccn:13009286 1
2024-11-09T23:49:44Z The Unforgiving Offender

This edition has images.

LoC No.: 13009286

Title: The Unforgiving Offender

Note: Reading ease score: 84.6 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Credits: E-text prepared by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http: //www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https: //archive.org)

Summary: "The Unforgiving Offender" by John Reed Scott is a fictional novel written in the early 20th century. The story appears to explore themes of social status, relationships, and the complexities of human behavior through the lives of its characters, particularly focusing on Montague Pendleton and his observations of society and its transformations, alongside other characters who navigate their own personal entanglements. At the start of the narrative, various members of the Otranto Country Club congregate, engaged in casual conversations filled with banter and observations about their peers. Montague Pendleton and his friend Sheldon Burgoyne discuss the recent admission of new members like the Emerson family, highlighting issues related to wealth, societal change, and the pursuit of social acceptance. Pendleton is characterized as a perceptive observer, critical of the social climbing and superficialities around him, while the arrival of Stephanie Lorraine, a woman with a scandalous past involving her departure from an unhappy marriage, stirs conversation and scrutiny among the club members. The tension between public perception and personal history sets the stage for the interwoven lives and conflicts that will unfold as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Scott, John Reed, 1869-1942

Illustrator: Underwood, Clarence F., 1871-1929

EBook No.: 62036

Published: May 6, 2020

Downloads: 60

Language: English

Subject: United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction

Subject: Rich people -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:62036:3 2020-05-06T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Underwood, Clarence F. Scott, John Reed en urn:lccn:13009286 1