Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 181 Ward, Humphry, Mrs. 1851 1920 Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward, Mrs. Humphry Arnold, Mary Augusta Fenwick's Career E-text prepared by Andrew Templeton, Juliet Sutherland, Bill Hershey, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders "Fenwick's Career" by Mrs. Humphry Ward is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around the struggles and ambitions of John Fenwick, a painter who grapples with his artistic dreams while contending with personal responsibilities and societal expectations. The narrative explores themes of ambition, self-assertion, and the interplay of love and sacrifice within the context of a young artist's life. The opening of the novel introduces us to John Fenwick, who is portrayed as a talented but struggling artist in Westmoreland. He finds himself in a difficult position as he paints a portrait of Bella Morrison, a woman plagued by her insecurities and influences from her overbearing mother. Fenwick's interactions with the Morrison family reveal his aspirations and the societal pressures he faces, while hints of his deeper relationship with his wife, Phoebe, begin to unfurl. As the story unfolds, Fenwick contemplates a pivotal decision to move to London for better opportunities, setting up a conflict between his artistic ambitions and his duties as a husband and father. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en London (England) -- Fiction Married people -- England -- Fiction England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Painters -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 644233 2025-07-05T14:33:54.671658 text/html 644242 644068 2024-11-05T17:23:39.856939 2023-10-06T05:18:29.139574 text/html text/html 320063 2025-07-05T14:34:04.089527 application/epub+zip 329989 2025-07-05T14:33:57.595577 application/epub+zip 318438 2025-07-05T14:33:56.391560 application/epub+zip 578714 2025-07-05T14:34:09.086512 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 538632 2025-07-05T14:34:03.318558 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 510748 2022-09-06T20:30:24.713373 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 581384 2025-07-05T14:33:54.121583 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 561582 2024-10-28T19:28:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17784 2025-07-05T14:34:09.211516 application/rdf+xml 14843 2025-07-05T14:33:56.895543 image/jpeg 3744 2025-07-05T14:33:56.640579 image/jpeg 316183 2025-07-05T14:33:54.721597 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