Project Gutenberg 2004-09-19 Public domain in the USA. 226 Bradley, Mary Hastings 1882 1976 Hastings, Mary Bradley The Fortieth Door The 40th Door E-text prepared by Janet Kegg and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Fortieth Door" by Mary Hastings Bradley is a novel written in the early 20th century, likely reflecting the cultural tensions and romantic ideals of its time. The story revolves around Jack Ryder, an American excavator in Cairo, who becomes entangled in a complex web of social conventions and forbidden love when he meets Aimée, a Turkish girl caught between her family's expectations and her personal desires. The opening of the book introduces Jack Ryder, who is reluctantly persuaded to attend a masked ball by Jinny Jeffries, an engaging girl he has entertained during her travels. Despite his disdain for such social gatherings, he ultimately decides to go for her sake. At the ball, he encounters a mysterious black domino, Aimée, who captures his attention with her enchanting presence. Their dance is filled with an intense connection, but it quickly becomes complicated as Aimée reveals her intended marriage to a powerful general, Hamdi Bey, orchestrated by her father in a bid to maintain family honor and security. The tension of their forbidden attraction and Aimée's impending fate set the stage for a tale steeped in intrigue and cultural clash. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Egypt -- Fiction PS Text Category: Romance Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 504173 2025-08-06T05:42:06.847329 text/html 482716 2024-10-28T20:27:05 text/html 253750 2025-08-06T05:42:14.335325 application/epub+zip 260842 2025-08-06T05:42:08.768408 application/epub+zip 255875 2025-08-06T05:42:07.563313 application/epub+zip 457590 2025-08-06T05:42:18.792245 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426285 2025-08-06T05:42:13.636276 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398483 2022-09-07T02:28:34.466784 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 441209 2025-08-06T05:42:05.446313 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 421416 2024-10-28T20:27:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16608 2025-08-06T05:42:18.929257 application/rdf+xml 11584 2025-08-06T05:42:08.069308 image/jpeg 3065 2025-08-06T05:42:07.815307 image/jpeg 244197 2025-08-06T05:42:06.890351 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