Project Gutenberg 2021-05-13 Public domain in the USA. 164 Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret) 1828 1897 Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant Olyphant, Mrs. Oliphant, M. O. W. (Margaret Oliphant Wilson) Oliphant, Mrs. Margaret Oliphant, Mrs. Wilson, Margaret Mrs. Arthur; vol. 1 of 3 Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "Mrs. Arthur; vol. 1 of 3" by Mrs. Oliphant is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around the lives of Arthur Curtis and Nancy Bates, exploring themes of love, class differences, and social expectations of the time. Arthur, a scion of a baronet, is betrothed to Nancy, the daughter of a humble tax collector, raising questions about their future and the challenges they may face from their respective families. The opening of the novel introduces us to the Bates family in their warm, cluttered sitting room, where a humorous exchange about the presence of their daughter Nancy's suitor, Arthur Curtis, sets the tone for family dynamics. We see the contrast between their modest lifestyle and Arthur’s genteel background, which creates a feeling of unease for him as he grapples with love and societal expectations. As tensions rise upon the arrival of Arthur's friend, Lewis Durant, who appears to question the suitability of the arrangement, it becomes apparent that the love between Arthur and Nancy faces formidable obstacles, both external and internal. This initial chapter establishes a lively sense of character and conflict, hinting at deeper themes of love, class, and the complications to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 331578 331467 2025-02-26T04:56:43.367711 2023-09-28T05:31:15.750346 text/html text/html 338591 2021-05-13T09:01:31 text/html; charset=utf-8 282047 2025-02-26T04:56:48.136798 application/epub+zip 284086 2025-02-26T04:56:44.307704 application/epub+zip 191039 2025-02-26T04:56:43.839702 application/epub+zip 384449 2025-02-26T04:56:51.316665 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 347137 2025-02-26T04:56:47.677728 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253860 2022-09-29T11:52:04.396505 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301521 301498 2025-02-26T04:56:42.791757 2023-09-28T05:31:15.142332 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 301299 2021-05-13T09:01:31 text/plain; charset=utf-8 17685 2025-02-26T04:56:51.449758 application/rdf+xml 11277 2025-02-26T04:56:43.947825 image/jpeg 2459 2025-02-26T04:56:43.892763 image/jpeg 260580 2025-02-26T04:56:43.399750 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