Project Gutenberg 2005-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 93 Pedler, Margaret 1948 The Vision of Desire Reading ease score: 73.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Prepared by Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders "The Vision of Desire" by Margaret Pedler is a novel dating from the early 20th century. It explores themes of love, desire, and the tension between personal aspirations and societal expectations, set against a backdrop of luxurious European settings. The story centers around a strong-willed young woman, Ann Lovell, and her interactions with Tony Brabazon, as they navigate complex emotional landscapes shaped by their pasts and financial circumstances. The opening of the novel introduces a poignant scene where Eliot receives a letter of rejection from a woman he loves, which leads to deep reflections on love and loss. In the subsequent chapters, we meet Ann and Tony in Switzerland. Ann, a woman deeply aware of her responsibilities, tries to protect Tony from the pitfalls of gambling inherited from his father’s legacy, while Tony grapples with his own feelings for Ann amidst societal pressures. The narrative sets a tone of romantic tension as Ann helps Tony confront his identity and the expectations placed upon him, while also dealing with her own complicated feelings and obligations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 766266 766178 2024-10-04T04:45:43.586767 2023-10-04T05:16:08.252822 text/html text/html 813270 2021-02-26T00:18:25 text/html; charset=utf-8 264652 2021-02-26T00:18:29 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 337546 2024-10-04T04:45:54.600712 application/epub+zip 351210 2024-10-04T04:45:46.232784 application/epub+zip 351210 2024-10-04T04:45:44.737794 application/epub+zip 627048 2024-10-04T04:46:00.916695 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 581835 2024-10-04T04:45:53.612767 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 560787 2022-09-04T07:44:44.483245 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 632280 632243 2024-10-04T04:45:41.495815 2023-10-04T05:16:06.293708 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 627177 2020-12-30T22:41:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 245228 2020-12-30T22:41:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18918 2024-10-04T04:46:01.053668 application/rdf+xml 13697 2024-10-04T04:45:45.306844 image/jpeg 3440 2024-10-04T04:45:45.020785 image/jpeg 327757 2024-10-04T04:45:43.646754 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