Project Gutenberg 2012-07-19 Public domain in the USA. 243 Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick) 1852 1925 Knight, Edward Frederick The Threatening Eye Produced by Mark C. Orton, Jennifer Linklater 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.) "The Threatening Eye" by E. F. Knight is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds around Mary Grimm, a young girl trapped in a life of severe oppression and familial cruelty, primarily at the hands of her father and stepmother. The narrative paints a picture of her grim upbringing and sets the stage for her struggle against the confines of her abusive household. At the start of the work, Mary Grimm's unhappy existence in a respectable yet stifling Brixton street is vividly depicted. Her father's meanness contrasts with the desires for freedom that stir within her, pushing her to contemplate escape from her derisive home life. When she is sent on an errand, her yearning for a breath of freedom momentarily overwhelms her responsibilities. This pivotal moment of indecision leads to her impulsive choice to abandon her old life, marking the beginning of her journey into the unknown. As she learns to navigate her newfound liberty, she encounters Thomas Hudson, a barrister, who becomes a pivotal figure in her story, suggesting the complexities that lie ahead in their relationship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 707974 2025-08-16T10:47:02.620405 text/html 700607 2024-10-23T09:45:31 text/html 698094 2025-08-16T10:47:14.824315 application/epub+zip 705903 2025-08-16T10:47:05.624413 application/epub+zip 347471 2025-08-16T10:47:03.826392 application/epub+zip 1084182 2025-08-16T10:47:21.222789 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1035901 2025-08-16T10:47:13.245346 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 553298 2022-09-18T12:32:12.360002 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 647571 2025-08-16T10:47:00.641382 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 627634 2024-10-23T09:45:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16105 2025-08-16T10:47:21.380798 application/rdf+xml 13025 2025-08-16T10:47:04.361392 image/jpeg 3382 2025-08-16T10:47:04.095376 image/jpeg 677772 2025-08-16T10:47:02.697407 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