Project Gutenberg 2010-08-22 Public domain in the USA. 175 Macaulay, Rose 1881 1958 Macaulay, Emilie Rose, Dame Macaulay, R. (Rose) Macaulay, Dame Rose The Furnace E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "The Furnace" by Rose Macaulay is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers around the lives of Tommy and Betty Crevequer, siblings living a bohemian lifestyle in Naples, as they navigate their relationships and interactions with the local populace and visiting tourists, including the Venables family. The book captures the vibrancy of life in Naples while exploring themes of youth, artistic ambition, and social class. The opening of the novel introduces the reader to a lively scene at the harbor of Naples, where a crowd gathers to watch royalty disembark from a steam-yacht. Among the crowd are Tommy and Betty Crevequer, who exhibit a carefree spirit marked by an easy camaraderie and a lack of financial concerns that are often overshadowed by their pursuit of pleasure. The narrative provides insight into their modest, unconventional living arrangements and their relationships with friends and acquaintances, demonstrating their contentment with life's simple joys. This sense of youthful exuberance, along with the tensions that arise from their socioeconomic status, sets the stage for further exploration of their characters and experiences throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/33482/33482-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 72.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 266886 2025-10-13T13:01:10.072466 text/html 268358 2010-08-21T21:58:55 text/html 163684 2025-10-13T13:01:13.963460 application/epub+zip 165633 2025-10-13T13:01:10.799446 application/epub+zip 165633 2025-10-13T13:01:10.403466 application/epub+zip 258563 2025-10-13T13:01:16.623476 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242389 2025-10-13T13:01:13.626450 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242579 2022-09-15T10:09:34.796501 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 248834 2025-10-13T13:01:09.675488 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 248461 2010-08-21T21:54:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 248478 2010-08-21T21:54:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20347 2025-10-13T13:01:16.755427 application/rdf+xml 19302 2025-10-13T13:01:10.472467 image/jpeg 2866 2025-10-13T13:01:10.437464 image/jpeg 95536 2010-08-21T21:54:25 application/octet-stream application/zip 157369 2010-08-21T22:02:09 application/octet-stream application/zip 95509 2010-08-21T21:54:25 application/octet-stream application/zip 156009 2025-10-13T13:01:10.095486 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