Project Gutenberg 2004-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 107 Beach, Rex 1877 1949 Beach, Rex Ellingwood The Net Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Beth Constantine, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Net" by Rex Beach is a novel likely written during the early 20th century. The story centers around Norvin Blake, an American who travels to Sicily to attend the wedding of his close friend Martel Savigno, but soon finds himself entangled in the dark undercurrents of Sicilian society, including themes of love, loyalty, and the pervasive influence of the Mafia. The opening of "The Net" introduces us to a late 19th-century Sicilian backdrop through the eyes of Norvin Blake as he journeys from Palermo to the village of San Sebastiano. As he travels, Blake engages in conversation with a young priest who shares local gossip, notably about Martel and his fiancée, the beautiful Contessa Ginini. The narrative intertwines the beauty of the Sicilian landscape with the underlying complexities of socio-political tensions, hinted through the priest's comments and Blake's observations. As Blake arrives, he reunites with Martel and learns of the anticipation surrounding the upcoming wedding, but there are ominous undertones concerning the Mafia's hold on the island, which foreshadows the tragic events that later unfold, including murder and betrayal. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Sicily (Italy) -- Fiction Mafia -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Fiction Italian Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Fiction PS Text Movie Books Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 657259 657117 2024-10-03T09:00:19.803593 2023-10-03T08:15:42.643863 text/html text/html 657252 657110 2024-10-03T09:00:20.176600 2023-10-03T08:15:42.880913 text/html text/html 303376 2024-10-03T09:00:30.030578 application/epub+zip 313583 2024-10-03T09:00:22.197615 application/epub+zip 313582 2024-10-03T09:00:20.967620 application/epub+zip 508244 2024-10-03T09:00:35.880521 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 465454 2024-10-03T09:00:29.209567 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 449417 2022-09-03T11:35:52.492204 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 586977 586886 2024-10-03T09:00:19.086625 2023-10-03T08:15:42.097834 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 586797 2013-05-01T20:39:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 231035 2013-05-01T20:43:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20012 2024-10-03T09:00:36.010517 application/rdf+xml 6429 2024-10-03T09:00:21.513586 image/jpeg 1859 2024-10-03T09:00:21.242585 image/jpeg 295994 2024-10-03T09:00:20.232596 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