Project Gutenberg 2004-07-30 Public domain in the USA. 104 Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) 1865 1948 Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley The Philanderers Produced by Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Philanderers" by A. E. W. Mason is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds against a backdrop of colonial Africa and centers around the complex moral dilemmas faced by its characters, particularly Captain Stephen Drake, who grapples with issues of authority, justice, and personal ambition. The opening portion of the book establishes a tense atmosphere, where five Englishmen are gathered around a campfire in the African wilderness, discussing the moral implications of punishing a fellow European for crimes against native villagers. The main character, Captain Stephen Drake, is confronted with the need to maintain the white man’s prestige while grappling with the realities of moral responsibility. In the prologue, a convict named Gorley is brought to face execution in a chilling illustration of authority and its implications in a colonial context. As the narrative transitions to England, the focus shifts to Drake’s return and his complex relationships with characters such as Hugh Fielding and Sidney Mallinson, setting the stage for a compelling exploration of personal motives against the rich backdrop of societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 377070 2025-07-06T03:44:19.827447 text/html 376985 376883 2024-11-06T06:04:40.593562 2023-10-06T07:41:00.770114 text/html text/html 202654 2025-07-06T03:44:25.891362 application/epub+zip 207465 2025-07-06T03:44:21.507353 application/epub+zip 207463 2025-07-06T03:44:20.450381 application/epub+zip 385600 2025-07-06T03:44:29.333384 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 357179 2025-07-06T03:44:25.235336 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 332986 2022-09-07T00:00:58.389662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 338659 2025-07-06T03:44:19.323377 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 318981 2024-10-28T20:02:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17092 2025-07-06T03:44:29.457318 application/rdf+xml 13410 2025-07-06T03:44:20.934362 image/jpeg 3473 2025-07-06T03:44:20.693372 image/jpeg 199321 2025-07-06T03:44:19.857362 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