Project Gutenberg 2011-02-11 Public domain in the USA. 398 Hume, Fergus 1859 1932 Hume, Ferguson Wright Hume, Fergus W. (Ferguson Wright) A Woman's Burden: A Novel Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "A Woman's Burden: A Novel" by Fergus Hume is a work of fiction likely written in the late 19th century. The novel opens with a dramatic scene on Waterloo Bridge, where various characters are thrust into a dark and gritty narrative marked by themes of poverty, desperation, and crime. The central character introduced in this opening is Miriam, a woman of poverty who intervenes to save an elderly gentleman from an attempted robbery by a man named Jabez, setting off a chain of events that involves crime, survival, and complex human dynamics. At the start of the story, the atmosphere on Waterloo Bridge is thick with fog and foreboding, reflecting the struggles of the city's downtrodden. Miriam's selfless act of saving the gentleman from a dire fate reveals not only her physical bravery but also hints at deeper struggles and motivations tied to her relationship with Jabez. The gentleman, later revealed to be Mr. Barton, becomes intrigued by Miriam and offers her assistance, which introduces a tension-filled relationship filled with mutual reliance and latent conflict. This prologue sets the stage for a narrative woven around themes of social class, moral ambiguity, and the burdens carried by women like Miriam, suggesting her complex journey ahead in a world rife with challenges. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/35240/35240-h/images/cover.jpg file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/35240/35240-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en London (England) -- Fiction Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Siblings -- Fiction Criminals -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: British Literature 581365 2025-06-14T11:07:07.107352 text/html 588655 2014-05-18T09:26:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 408744 2014-05-18T09:26:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 433911 2025-06-14T11:07:15.033372 application/epub+zip 441813 2025-06-14T11:07:08.303331 application/epub+zip 291396 2025-06-14T11:07:07.725346 application/epub+zip 628935 2025-06-14T11:07:20.696301 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 592303 2025-06-14T11:07:14.485326 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 442247 2022-09-16T07:46:05.462157 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 550660 2025-06-14T11:07:05.563412 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 550487 2014-05-18T09:26:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 213274 2014-05-18T09:26:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 550481 2014-05-18T09:26:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 213220 2014-05-18T09:26:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21453 2025-06-14T11:07:20.893272 application/rdf+xml 20581 2025-06-14T11:07:07.835336 image/jpeg 2459 2025-06-14T11:07:07.781322 image/jpeg 409758 2025-06-14T11:07:07.166379 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