Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 227 Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic) 1867 1940 Benson, Edward Frederic Benson, Edward F. (Edward Frederic) The Blotting Book Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blotting_Book Produced by Suzanne Shell, Beginners Projects, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "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 ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 252153 2025-10-05T07:54:48.295557 text/html 252150 252013 2024-11-05T09:42:13.424958 2023-10-05T09:32:14.040664 text/html text/html 151130 2025-10-05T07:54:53.300658 application/epub+zip 153879 2025-10-05T07:54:49.948532 application/epub+zip 153879 2025-10-05T07:54:48.896568 application/epub+zip 286881 2025-10-05T07:54:55.864462 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268811 2025-10-05T07:54:52.674499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 243955 2022-09-05T13:31:23.162978 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 226838 2025-10-05T07:54:48.005552 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 207124 2024-10-28T18:43:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16812 2025-10-05T07:54:56.879589 application/rdf+xml 11888 2025-10-05T07:54:49.392547 image/jpeg 3248 2025-10-05T07:54:49.144511 image/jpeg 146729 2025-10-05T07:54:48.316519 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia