Project Gutenberg 2005-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 116 Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) 1835 1915 Braddon, Mary Elizabeth White, Babington Breddon, Miss Maxwell, Mary Elizabeth Braddon Braddon, Mary E. Birds of Prey Reading ease score: 66.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by J. Ingram, G. Smith, T. Riikonen, and PG Distributed Proofreaders "Birds of Prey" by M. E. Braddon is a novel likely written in the late 19th century, characterized by its exploration of human relationships, moral dilemmas, and social commentary. The narrative revolves around Philip Sheldon, a surgeon-dentist recently relocated from his small provincial town to London's Fitzgeorge Street, where he grapples with a failing practice and the weight of his past romantic disappointments. The themes of respectability, class, ambition, and underlying tension in human connections are poised against a backdrop of societal expectations, setting the stage for complex character interactions. At the start of the novel, the narrative introduces the meticulously maintained house of Mr. Sheldon, drawing a contrast between his outward respectability and the inner turmoil of his life. We learn about his previous flirtation with Georgina Cradock, who is now married to his acquaintance Tom Halliday. As Sheldon observes their life upon their visit to London, his suppressed emotions resurface, leading to a blend of nostalgia and discontent. The opening chapters unfold with an examination of Mr. Halliday's mysterious illness, and through dialogues with his brother George and housekeeper Nancy, a sense of impending conflict and intrigue begins to shadow the seemingly mundane existence of the characters, drawing the reader deeper into their world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1017810 1017699 2024-10-04T10:32:28.491498 2023-10-04T09:30:04.482569 text/html text/html 1017803 1017692 2024-10-04T10:32:29.048494 2023-10-04T09:30:04.750570 text/html text/html 450187 2024-10-04T10:32:42.036444 application/epub+zip 466926 2024-10-04T10:32:31.626505 application/epub+zip 466928 2024-10-04T10:32:30.144454 application/epub+zip 762335 2024-10-04T10:32:50.327364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 702771 2024-10-04T10:32:40.906438 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 675598 2022-09-05T03:54:41.386176 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 952836 952776 2024-10-04T10:32:27.519508 2023-10-04T09:30:03.867546 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 952573 2021-01-02T06:01:17 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 365280 2021-01-02T06:01:17 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 952645 2021-01-02T06:01:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 364991 2021-01-02T06:01:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20960 2024-10-04T10:32:50.720422 application/rdf+xml 9533 2024-10-04T10:32:30.831467 image/jpeg 2750 2024-10-04T10:32:30.465593 image/jpeg 442613 2024-10-04T10:32:29.133504 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