Project Gutenberg 2011-02-12 Public domain in the USA. 357 Wells, Carolyn 1862 1942 Houghton, Carolyn Wells In the Onyx Lobby Produced by Katherine Ward, 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.) "In the Onyx Lobby" by Carolyn Wells is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative intertwines themes of love, ambition, and rivalry primarily surrounding two feuding women, Miss Letitia Prall and Mrs. Everett, who share a long-standing animosity. At the heart of this drama is Richard Bates, a young inventor caught between his ambitions and familial loyalty, as he navigates his feelings for Dorcas Everett amidst the backdrop of their mothers' feud. At the start of "In the Onyx Lobby," we are introduced to the fraught dynamics between Miss Prall and Mrs. Everett, residents of The Campanile, who have maintained their rivalry for several decades. Richard Bates, Miss Prall's nephew, is reluctant to take up his Uncle Binney's offer to join a bakery business, preferring to pursue his inventive ideas. However, when Bates and Dorcas Everett's romantic feelings emerge, the tension escalates as both young lovers grapple with their mothers' opposition and the pressures stemming from their families’ feud. This complex beginning sets the stage for a murder mystery that intertwines personal relationships with deeper themes of social class and gender roles, as well as the potential consequences of long-held grudges. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/35254/35254-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction Detective and mystery stories PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: American Literature 417036 2025-08-14T10:15:52.664713 text/html 402592 2024-04-03T17:02:52 text/html 328927 2025-08-14T10:15:58.409683 application/epub+zip 327930 2025-08-14T10:15:53.523701 application/epub+zip 246432 2025-08-14T10:15:53.085691 application/epub+zip 443416 2025-08-14T10:16:02.072635 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 422931 2025-08-14T10:15:58.023693 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 319628 2022-09-16T07:49:55.433077 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393625 2025-08-14T10:15:51.545714 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 373725 2024-04-03T17:20:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17072 2025-08-14T10:16:02.209632 application/rdf+xml 16861 2025-08-14T10:15:53.189674 image/jpeg 2615 2025-08-14T10:15:53.138709 image/jpeg 295927 2025-08-14T10:15:52.700720 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 More titles under Wright, Rowland