Project Gutenberg 2005-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 98 Herrick, Robert 1868 1938 Herrick, Robert Welch The Web of Life Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Susan Skinner, Eric Eldred and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Web of Life" by Robert Herrick is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story begins in a hospital setting where a young surgeon, Dr. Sommers, is faced with the urgent case of a man suffering from gunshot wounds. The narrative introduces the complexities of human relationships, particularly focusing on the man's wife, Mrs. Preston, who is emotionally entangled with her husband despite the turmoil he has caused in her life. The opening of the book reveals a tense atmosphere in the hospital as Dr. Sommers prepares to operate on the gravely injured patient. The scene is captured through the interactions of the hospital staff, highlighting the tensions and emotions surrounding the case. Mrs. Preston presents a poignant figure, torn between her duty as a wife and her desire to escape the pain inflicted by her husband's reckless lifestyle. As the surgeon grapples with the critical situation, the story begins to unfold themes of love, sacrifice, and the harsh realities of life, setting the stage for an exploration of the interconnected lives of its characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction Surgeons -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 573853 573736 2024-10-04T04:38:09.963669 2023-10-04T05:10:11.672759 text/html text/html 573846 573729 2024-10-04T04:38:10.259662 2023-10-04T05:10:11.885676 text/html text/html 280103 2024-10-04T04:38:18.807614 application/epub+zip 288368 2024-10-04T04:38:12.283644 application/epub+zip 288368 2024-10-04T04:38:11.030654 application/epub+zip 507840 2024-10-04T04:38:24.138566 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 462761 2024-10-04T04:38:17.999640 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 438676 2022-09-04T07:35:37.494376 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 521056 520990 2024-10-04T04:38:09.487712 2023-10-04T05:10:11.315683 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 520889 2012-08-19T19:29:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 201901 2012-08-19T19:34:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19407 2024-10-04T04:38:24.287577 application/rdf+xml 11749 2024-10-04T04:38:11.563655 image/jpeg 3122 2024-10-04T04:38:11.296630 image/jpeg 274130 2024-10-04T04:38:10.308629 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