Project Gutenberg 2005-11-11 Public domain in the USA. 155 Glyn, Elinor 1864 1943 Glyn, Elinor Sutherland The Man and the Moment Produced by Stacy Brown Thellend, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Man and the Moment" by Elinor Glyn is a work of fiction written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Michael Arranstoun, a wealthy and handsome young man who finds himself entangled in a complicated relationship with Violet Hatfield, whose husband is dying. As the narrative unfolds, Michael's emotional struggles lead him to an unexpected encounter with Sabine Delburg, a seemingly innocent girl seeking freedom from a burdensome engagement. At the start of the story, Michael is depicted as frustrated and cornered by societal expectations and his own desires. After an intense confrontation with his friend Henry Fordyce about his impending marriage to Violet, it becomes clear that Michael desires an escape from this imminent entrapment. Just as he contemplates drastic solutions to regain his freedom, a series of events leads to Sabine's accidental entry into his life. Her presence offers a surprising distraction, and both characters quickly hatch an unconventional plan to marry—rooted in their mutual need for freedom, but with the looming uncertainty of what such a decision entails. The opening section sets the tone for a tale that intertwines themes of love, freedom, and societal constraints, foreshadowing the delightful chaos that is to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction PR Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: British Literature 468511 2025-07-07T09:42:45.790960 text/html 480875 2020-12-12T20:58:32 text/html 983876 2025-07-07T09:42:53.640947 application/epub+zip 989698 2025-07-07T09:42:47.826977 application/epub+zip 245832 2025-07-07T09:42:46.619964 application/epub+zip 1215974 2025-07-07T09:42:58.135935 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1179983 2025-07-07T09:42:52.779967 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389235 2022-09-08T08:59:11.249229 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 433935 2025-07-07T09:42:44.855053 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 433620 2020-12-12T20:58:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 433611 2020-12-12T20:58:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21020 2025-07-07T09:42:58.268904 application/rdf+xml 13634 2025-07-07T09:42:47.124964 image/jpeg 3957 2025-07-07T09:42:46.869958 image/jpeg 164246 2020-12-12T20:58:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 909352 2020-12-12T20:58:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 164138 2020-12-12T20:58:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 969115 2025-07-07T09:42:45.851961 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