Project Gutenberg 2009-08-02 Public domain in the USA. 227 Hall, Holworthy 1887 1936 Porter, Harold Everett 22019906 Rope Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Rope" by Holworthy Hall is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the main character, Henry Devereux, and his tumultuous relationship with his judgmental Aunt Mirabelle, as well as his uncle, John Starkweather, who has plans for Henry's future that include a surprising twist. The novel explores themes of expectations, social class, and personal responsibility through Henry's interactions with his relatives and the potential consequences of his choices. The opening of "Rope" introduces Henry as he returns home from a house party, immediately met with criticism from Aunt Mirabelle, who disapproves of his lifestyle and choices. The dialogue captures their strained relationship, illustrating how Henry struggles under the weight of familial expectations and the judgment of his aunt. After a brief encounter with his uncle, who hints at expectations regarding work and maturity, Henry learns that he has been left a business by his late uncle—a run-down movie theater. This revelation sets the stage for the central conflict of the story, as Henry grapples with the challenges of operating the theater and the implications of proving himself to his family, while also balancing his new marriage to Anna Barklay. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: American Literature 374133 2025-06-12T09:10:29.264779 text/html 400782 2021-01-05T09:45:29 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 156787 2021-01-05T09:45:29 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 210321 2025-06-12T09:10:37.059802 application/epub+zip 216358 2025-06-12T09:10:31.307768 application/epub+zip 201288 2025-06-12T09:10:30.020869 application/epub+zip 346488 2025-06-12T09:10:41.328796 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 332332 2025-06-12T09:10:36.281826 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 307422 2022-09-13T16:01:45.003861 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324598 2025-06-12T09:10:28.254856 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 324462 2021-01-05T09:45:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 128159 2021-01-05T09:45:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 324453 2021-01-05T09:45:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 128126 2021-01-05T09:45:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20233 2025-06-12T09:10:41.492739 application/rdf+xml 7811 2025-06-12T09:10:30.605769 image/jpeg 2240 2025-06-12T09:10:30.310780 image/jpeg 204035 2025-06-12T09:10:29.298851 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