Project Gutenberg 2006-06-21 Public domain in the USA. 270 Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May) 1881 1939 Dell, Ethel May Savage, Ethel Mary Dell The Swindler and Other Stories The swindler -- The swindler's handicap -- The nonentity -- Her hero -- The example -- The friend who stood by -- The right man -- The knight-errant -- A question of trust -- Where the heart is. E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Swindler and Other Stories" by Ethel M. Dell is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The narrative introduces themes of deception, chance encounters, and unexpected connections, particularly focusing on characters entangled in complex social and personal dynamics. One of the main characters, West, is depicted as a private detective who finds himself amidst a web of intrigue involving a professional swindler and a charming young woman named Cynthia Mortimer. The opening of the collection unfolds on a ship, where West, the detective, encounters Cynthia. Their dialogue reveals her fascination with swindlers and her complicated feelings toward one particular con artist, Nat Verney. As West and Cynthia interact, the tension between professional duty and personal intrigue begins to emerge. The narrative sets up a backdrop of gambling, stakes, and deceit, suggesting a deeper exploration of trust, morality, and human connection. The opening establishes a vivid sense of character and conflict that draws the reader into a world where the boundaries of right and wrong blur, hinting at the challenges that will unfold in their stories. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Short stories Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery 614234 2025-06-08T05:51:50.837963 text/html 623319 2006-06-21T13:47:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 224795 2006-06-21T13:48:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 304222 2025-06-08T05:52:02.706433 application/epub+zip 312193 2025-06-08T05:51:54.587980 application/epub+zip 306965 2025-06-08T05:51:53.019005 application/epub+zip 584789 2025-06-08T05:52:08.518421 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 566302 2025-06-08T05:52:01.668445 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 528092 2022-09-09T04:59:57.944181 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 586131 2025-06-08T05:51:48.443002 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 585902 2006-06-21T13:46:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 218596 2006-06-21T13:46:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 585910 2006-06-21T13:46:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 218581 2006-06-21T13:46:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21047 2025-06-08T05:52:08.671384 application/rdf+xml 14400 2025-06-08T05:51:53.624958 image/jpeg 3687 2025-06-08T05:51:53.328955 image/jpeg 294929 2025-06-08T05:51:50.891004 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