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Title: The Blotting Book
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blotting_Book
Credits: Produced by Suzanne Shell, Beginners Projects, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "The Blotting Book" by E. F. Benson is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative introduces us to Mrs. Assheton, a gracious and meticulous host living in Brighton, who maintains her household with a blend of formal tradition and personal care. The story begins to unfold against the backdrop of social gatherings, revealing family dynamics and the intriguing lives intertwined with that of her son, Morris, who has just returned from Cambridge. At the start of the novel, we are immersed in the comfortable yet structured atmosphere of Mrs. Assheton's home as her son Morris celebrates his birthday over dinner with company, including the benevolent but shrewd Mr. Taynton, who serves as Morris's trustee. As conversations swirl around Morris's new motor car and his potential romantic interests, underlying tensions surface with hints of social expectations and familial pressures. The dynamics take a darker turn as Morris learns troubling rumors about himself that threaten to disrupt his budding relationship with Madge Templeton, revealing the complexities of human relationships and social intrigue that will unfold throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic), 1867-1940
EBook No.: 11493
Published: Mar 1, 2004
Downloads: 140
Language: English
Subject: Detective and mystery stories
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The Blotting Book
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blotting_Book
Credits: Produced by Suzanne Shell, Beginners Projects, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "The Blotting Book" by E. F. Benson is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative introduces us to Mrs. Assheton, a gracious and meticulous host living in Brighton, who maintains her household with a blend of formal tradition and personal care. The story begins to unfold against the backdrop of social gatherings, revealing family dynamics and the intriguing lives intertwined with that of her son, Morris, who has just returned from Cambridge. At the start of the novel, we are immersed in the comfortable yet structured atmosphere of Mrs. Assheton's home as her son Morris celebrates his birthday over dinner with company, including the benevolent but shrewd Mr. Taynton, who serves as Morris's trustee. As conversations swirl around Morris's new motor car and his potential romantic interests, underlying tensions surface with hints of social expectations and familial pressures. The dynamics take a darker turn as Morris learns troubling rumors about himself that threaten to disrupt his budding relationship with Madge Templeton, revealing the complexities of human relationships and social intrigue that will unfold throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic), 1867-1940
EBook No.: 11493
Published: Mar 1, 2004
Downloads: 140
Language: English
Subject: Detective and mystery stories
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.