Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 143 Glyn, Elinor 1864 1943 Glyn, Elinor Sutherland The Reason Why Produced by Suzanne Shell, Shawn Cruze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Reason Why" by Elinor Glyn is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the complex lives of its characters, including the enigmatic financier Francis Markrute, his niece Zara Shulski, and Lord Tancred, a young nobleman. The narrative explores themes of love, marriage, social status, and the intricacies of human relationships against a backdrop of wealth and aristocracy. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to Francis Markrute, a wealthy and influential man in London society, who discusses matters of life and finances with Lord Tancred. The dialogue reveals Tancred’s financial troubles and Markrute’s proposition to arrange a marriage between Tancred and his niece, the widow Zara, who is portrayed as a strikingly beautiful yet emotionally complex character. The tension builds as Zara grapples with her past and her uncle’s controlling nature, setting up a narrative filled with emotional stakes and societal expectations. As the opening unfolds, readers are drawn into the lives of these characters, each wrestling with their own desires and the roles they play in a game of love and duty. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction PR Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: British Literature 639812 2025-08-05T15:35:24.556867 text/html 613918 2024-10-28T19:32:48 text/html 690524 2025-08-05T15:35:33.731858 application/epub+zip 702403 2025-08-05T15:35:26.525871 application/epub+zip 318626 2025-08-05T15:35:25.311897 application/epub+zip 925784 2025-08-05T15:35:39.222782 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 880656 2025-08-05T15:35:32.681844 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472266 2022-09-06T20:48:48.622240 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 605212 2025-08-05T15:35:23.264887 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 585519 2024-10-28T19:32:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16223 2025-08-05T15:35:39.351774 application/rdf+xml 10143 2025-08-05T15:35:25.827826 image/jpeg 2787 2025-08-05T15:35:25.566876 image/jpeg 661167 2025-08-05T15:35:24.620852 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