Project Gutenberg 2011-11-10 Public domain in the USA. 148 Cholmondeley, Mary 1859 1925 Diana Tempest, Volume I E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Matthew Wheaton, and the 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) "Diana Tempest, Volume I" by Mary Cholmondeley is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows Colonel Tempest, who, along with his son Archie, embarks on a journey to their ancestral home, Overleigh, to visit his dying brother. As Colonel Tempest reflects on his tumultuous past, particularly his estrangement from his brother over a woman, the narrative delves into themes of memory, familial ties, abandonment, and the complex nature of love. The opening of the novel paints a vivid picture of Colonel Tempest and his son in a train carriage on a cold April morning. As they travel, the Colonel is preoccupied with memories of his marital woes and the fallout from his choice to marry for love rather than family sentiment. He recalls the happy yet fleeting moments with his late wife, Di, and their troubled marriage that ultimately led to estrangement. The narrative swiftly shifts to the present, where the Colonel's internal struggles manifest as he anticipates a difficult reunion with his brother. This initial chapter sets the stage for the exploration of regret and the weight of familial expectations, defining themes that will resonate throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Families -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 296456 2025-08-15T11:16:48.661532 text/html 296065 2011-11-10T18:13:51 text/html 625770 2025-08-15T11:16:56.768473 application/epub+zip 631590 2025-08-15T11:16:52.018516 application/epub+zip 188610 2025-08-15T11:16:50.648539 application/epub+zip 813322 2025-08-15T11:17:00.392474 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 783139 2025-08-15T11:16:55.797509 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306887 2022-09-17T11:03:57.256010 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 262668 2025-08-15T11:16:47.787557 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 262334 2011-11-10T18:14:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 262341 2011-11-10T18:14:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20065 2025-08-15T11:17:00.526460 application/rdf+xml 15430 2025-08-15T11:16:51.154524 image/jpeg 4027 2025-08-15T11:16:50.897513 image/jpeg 101795 2011-11-10T18:16:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 519959 2011-11-10T18:15:39 application/octet-stream application/zip 101782 2011-11-10T18:16:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 603666 2025-08-15T11:16:48.751537 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