Project Gutenberg 2009-06-19 Public domain in the USA. 111 Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie) 1886 1921 Ingram, Eleanor Marie Frederick, Edmund 1870 1949 Frederick, E. (Edmund) Stuart, Bertha 1869 1953 The Flying Mercury Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Flying Mercury" by Eleanor M. Ingram is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Emily Ffrench and her relationships with her cousin Dick, a carefree young man struggling to find his place in the family business, and David Lestrange, a talented racing driver with an uncertain connection to the Ffrench legacy. The plot intricately weaves themes of love, duty, and the quest for identity within the backdrop of the early automotive racing scene. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to a tense encounter on a remote Long Island road, where Emily, lost while traveling with her cousin, meets David Lestrange. Their interaction captures both her vulnerability and his quiet confidence as he assists her. The initial chapters reveal a complex family dynamic, highlighting Emily's uncle Ethan's expectations for her to marry someone who can uphold the family's name, as well as Dick's aimless pursuits that pressure Emily into contemplating her own future. The early exchanges between characters hint at romantic possibilities, especially between Emily and Lestrange, while underlying tensions regarding class, ambition, and familial obligation begin to unfold. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Automobile racing -- Fiction PS Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: American Literature 180522 2025-08-12T06:39:42.728203 text/html 181287 2021-01-05T05:44:54 text/html 418219 2025-08-12T06:39:45.996162 application/epub+zip 418952 2025-08-12T06:39:43.276194 application/epub+zip 142946 2025-08-12T06:39:42.985191 application/epub+zip 491778 2025-08-12T06:39:48.253143 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 468468 2025-08-12T06:39:45.688174 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193628 2022-09-13T13:52:25.578312 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 157133 2025-08-12T06:39:42.325187 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 157029 2021-01-05T05:44:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 157020 2021-01-05T05:44:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20923 2025-08-12T06:39:48.388156 application/rdf+xml 24782 2025-08-12T06:39:43.060181 image/jpeg 3662 2025-08-12T06:39:43.022178 image/jpeg 61656 2021-01-05T05:44:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 385560 2021-01-05T05:44:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 61637 2021-01-05T05:44:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 392982 2025-08-12T06:39:42.767222 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