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Title: The day's journey
Original Publication: United States: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1906.
Note: Reading ease score: 84.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits: D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https: //www.pgdp.net (The New York Public Library's Digital Collections)
Summary: "The Day's Journey" by Netta Syrett is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Rose Summers, who has returned from living abroad and is visiting her cousin Cecily Kingslake at her picturesque home in the English countryside. The opening chapters hint at the complexities of Cecily's marriage and the emotional undercurrents that exist between the characters, particularly in the context of domestic roles, ambition, and friendship. The beginning of the novel introduces Rose as she arrives at Cecily's home, reflecting on her cousin's life and their past friendship. Rose notices the changes in Cecily since her marriage to Robert Kingslake, a writer who has not achieved the success projected for him. As the characters reconnect, underlying tensions regarding personal fulfillment and dissatisfaction in marriage start to surface. Through their conversations, themes of identity, societal expectations, and the sacrifices women make in personal relationships begin to emerge, setting the stage for deeper exploration of these issues as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Syrett, Netta, 1865-1943
EBook No.: 71317
Published: Aug 2, 2023
Downloads: 74
Language: English
Subject: Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Subject: Spouses -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The day's journey
Original Publication: United States: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1906.
Note: Reading ease score: 84.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits: D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https: //www.pgdp.net (The New York Public Library's Digital Collections)
Summary: "The Day's Journey" by Netta Syrett is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Rose Summers, who has returned from living abroad and is visiting her cousin Cecily Kingslake at her picturesque home in the English countryside. The opening chapters hint at the complexities of Cecily's marriage and the emotional undercurrents that exist between the characters, particularly in the context of domestic roles, ambition, and friendship. The beginning of the novel introduces Rose as she arrives at Cecily's home, reflecting on her cousin's life and their past friendship. Rose notices the changes in Cecily since her marriage to Robert Kingslake, a writer who has not achieved the success projected for him. As the characters reconnect, underlying tensions regarding personal fulfillment and dissatisfaction in marriage start to surface. Through their conversations, themes of identity, societal expectations, and the sacrifices women make in personal relationships begin to emerge, setting the stage for deeper exploration of these issues as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Syrett, Netta, 1865-1943
EBook No.: 71317
Published: Aug 2, 2023
Downloads: 74
Language: English
Subject: Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Subject: Spouses -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.