Project Gutenberg 2005-01-10 Public domain in the USA. 137 Moore, George 1852 1933 Moore, George Augustus Rhone, Lady Muslin "Originally published under the title of 'A Drama in Muslin,' 1886." Produced by Malcolm Farmer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Muslin" by George Moore is a novel originally published under the title "A Drama in Muslin" during the late 19th century. The book explores themes of social conventions, marriage, and female agency, particularly through the character of Alice Barton, the eldest daughter of a family navigating the complexities of society and relationships. The narrative touches upon Alice's emergence from a convent education into the world of adulthood, emphasizing her interactions with peers, family, and potential suitors. The opening of "Muslin" paints a vibrant picture of the convent where the schoolgirls are preparing for a prize day, filled with excitement and innocence. The character of Alice is introduced as a thoughtful and somewhat plain girl, who writes a play entitled "King Cophetua" that is to be performed at the event. The interactions between Alice, her sisters, and her schoolmates reveal a mix of ambition, rivalry, and social expectations as they all eagerly look forward to their upcoming experiences in the wider social world. Through the festival atmosphere and the budding relationships, the opening establishes the themes of transition and the challenges facing young women as they confront societal norms. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Ireland -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 624415 2025-08-06T10:46:39.909157 text/html 624334 624229 2024-11-06T13:58:50.520862 2023-09-07T04:27:55.731560 text/html text/html 297835 2025-08-06T10:46:47.787152 application/epub+zip 307939 2025-08-06T10:46:41.762181 application/epub+zip 307938 2025-08-06T10:46:40.624157 application/epub+zip 511483 2025-08-06T10:46:52.567123 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472086 2025-08-06T10:46:47.038161 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 449016 2022-09-07T17:39:05.043256 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 574249 2025-08-06T10:46:39.304169 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 554597 2024-10-28T21:41:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16791 2025-08-06T10:46:52.695082 application/rdf+xml 9577 2025-08-06T10:46:41.104222 image/jpeg 2591 2025-08-06T10:46:40.866158 image/jpeg 293643 2025-08-06T10:46:39.955157 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