Project Gutenberg 2009-09-27 Public domain in the USA. 288 Howells, William Dean 1837 1920 Howells, W. D. (William Dean) Howells, William D. (William Dean) The Quality of Mercy Produced by David Edwards, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.) "The Quality of Mercy" by William Dean Howells is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story primarily revolves around the character T. W. Northwick, who finds himself in a moral and financial crisis following the revelation of his embezzlement from the company he works for. As the narrative unfolds, themes of guilt, redemption, and the complexities of human relationships come to the forefront. At the start of the novel, we meet Northwick as he returns to his home after a troubling meeting with company directors, which ends with him branded a "thief." Caught in a web of internal conflict, he contemplates his impending decisions regarding both his fate and the implications for his family. The opening establishes a vivid setting that combines Northwick's external journey and his inner turmoil, as he navigates his complicated feelings of shame and the desire for mercy, revealing the psychological depth of the protagonist and setting the tone for the moral dilemmas that will play out throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 704261 2025-10-12T10:34:17.383080 text/html 687772 2024-10-24T20:23:28 text/html 337744 2025-10-12T10:34:27.332014 application/epub+zip 347725 2025-10-12T10:34:20.513063 application/epub+zip 328254 2025-10-12T10:34:19.233050 application/epub+zip 626163 2025-10-12T10:34:32.808986 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 577807 2025-10-12T10:34:26.450990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 549561 2022-09-14T04:32:08.802540 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 676960 2025-10-12T10:34:15.996027 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 657077 2024-10-24T20:23:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16113 2025-10-12T10:34:32.950954 application/rdf+xml 13576 2025-10-12T10:34:19.745024 image/jpeg 3612 2025-10-12T10:34:19.490088 image/jpeg 329163 2025-10-12T10:34:17.439105 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