Project Gutenberg 2021-05-19 Public domain in the USA. 62 Yates, Dornford 1885 1960 Mercer, Cecil William And Five Were Foolish Reading ease score: 86.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Sarah -- Madeleine -- Katharine -- Spring -- Elizabeth -- Jo -- Athalia -- Ann -- Eleanor -- Susan. Al Haines, Jen Haines & the online Project Gutenberg team at https://www.pgdpcanada.net "And Five Were Foolish" by Dornford Yates is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative revolves around Sarah Vulliamy and her complicated relationship with her fiancé Virgil Pardoner, as they find themselves bound by an eccentric will that requires them to marry in order to inherit a significant fortune. This situation leads them into humorous and awkward social dynamics as they navigate love, obligation, and societal expectations in the backdrop of wealth and class. The opening of the book introduces Sarah Vulliamy and Virgil Pardoner having a lively conversation over champagne, which evolves into a discussion about their impending engagement. They discover that their inheritance from the late James Tantamount is contingent on their marriage to each other, despite both harboring feelings for others—Sarah for George Fulke and Virgil for June Townshend. The tone is lighthearted and comedic, with Sarah's determination to resist pressure to marry Virgil mingling with their banter about feelings, societal expectations, and the absurdity of their predicament. As the scene unfolds, we grasp the complexity of their situation and the intriguing dynamics that promise further twists in their unfolding story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Short stories, English English fiction -- 20th century Husband and wife -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 676521 676480 2024-09-27T05:14:46.246346 2023-09-28T05:44:26.922980 text/html text/html 693128 2021-05-19T19:12:15 text/html; charset=utf-8 444322 2024-09-27T05:14:56.507286 application/epub+zip 456361 2024-09-27T05:14:48.033512 application/epub+zip 302692 2024-09-27T05:14:47.088339 application/epub+zip 638243 2024-09-27T05:15:02.729264 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 609858 2024-09-27T05:14:55.754300 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 456283 2022-09-29T12:25:02.721300 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 561473 561403 2024-09-27T05:14:43.510346 2023-09-28T05:44:24.507981 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 561284 2021-05-19T19:12:15 text/plain; charset=utf-8 18954 2024-09-27T05:15:02.880231 application/rdf+xml 25808 2024-09-27T05:14:47.225319 image/jpeg 4390 2024-09-27T05:14:47.153333 image/jpeg 510007 2024-09-27T05:14:46.303339 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