Project Gutenberg 2010-11-24 Public domain in the USA. 170 Broughton, Rhoda 1840 1920 Alas! A Novel Produced by Meredith Bach, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Alas! A Novel" by Rhoda Broughton is a work of fiction written in the late 19th century. The narrative introduces the readers to James Burgoyne, who is drawn into a complicated social situation involving his college friend and an unexpected encounter with figures from his past, particularly a woman named Elizabeth Le Marchant. The story seems to explore themes of memory, nostalgia, and the emotional challenges of rekindling connections after years apart. The opening of the novel sets the stage on a wet night in Oxford, where Burgoyne reluctantly attends an event for the "Oxford Women's Provident Association" at the request of his friend. While his friend reads aloud from a Charles Dickens work, Burgoyne's mind drifts to his own past, specifically a mysterious woman whose face he recognizes but whose identity eludes him. As the evening unfolds, the reader senses Burgoyne's internal struggles with his past relationships, the melancholy of lost years, and the anticipation of what may come next when he finally identifies Elizabeth. The narrative expertly blends elements of comedy and pathos, offering a glimpse of the character's emotional depth and setting the tone for the relationships that will evolve throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en English fiction -- Welsh authors PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 914557 2025-07-14T06:27:34.681960 text/html 926025 2010-11-24T19:55:44 text/html 493704 2025-07-14T06:27:46.969892 application/epub+zip 510466 2025-07-14T06:27:38.109932 application/epub+zip 446196 2025-07-14T06:27:36.678965 application/epub+zip 825708 2025-07-14T06:27:53.932379 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 787183 2025-07-14T06:27:45.983935 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 693419 2022-09-15T15:39:16.355808 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 874580 2025-07-14T06:27:32.870964 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 874229 2010-11-24T19:55:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 874223 2010-11-24T19:55:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20777 2025-07-14T06:27:54.065349 application/rdf+xml 12563 2025-07-14T06:27:37.189937 image/jpeg 3459 2025-07-14T06:27:36.932943 image/jpeg 343639 2010-11-24T19:55:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 412007 2010-11-24T19:55:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 343367 2010-11-24T19:55:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 482738 2025-07-14T06:27:34.755995 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