Project Gutenberg 2012-09-22 Public domain in the USA. 221 Le Queux, William 1864 1927 Queux, William Le Queux, William Tufnell Le Queux, William le The Temptress Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "The Temptress" by William Le Queux is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book unfolds a dramatic tale beginning in a bleak chapel on the penal island of New Caledonia, where a convict marries his bride amid grim circumstances. The story introduces the main characters, including a sorrowful husband serving a long sentence and his seemingly indifferent wife, who harbors deeper feelings of contempt for her new marital ties and a desire for freedom. At the start of the novel, readers witness a poignant but ironic wedding ceremony between a convict and his bride. The setting is stark and filled with despair, highlighting the harsh realities of life on the penal island. Immediately after the ceremony, the husband is taken back into the penal system, while his wife, initially masked in conventionality, reveals her true feelings of frustration and hatred towards the man she has just married. She expresses a desire for his demise to reclaim her freedom, emphasizing the internal conflict and tension between social duty and personal yearning that drives the narrative forward. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Mystery fiction PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels 633219 2025-06-16T14:54:23.238534 text/html 657060 2012-09-22T11:19:12 text/html; charset=utf-8 285338 2025-06-16T14:54:34.009527 application/epub+zip 296418 2025-06-16T14:54:25.963547 application/epub+zip 296417 2025-06-16T14:54:24.307539 application/epub+zip 518770 2025-06-16T14:54:39.910507 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 488812 2025-06-16T14:54:33.018521 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 455733 2022-09-18T16:45:28.602636 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 547496 2023-09-18T03:39:35.838358 text/plain 15505 2025-06-16T14:54:40.058447 application/rdf+xml 10407 2025-06-16T14:54:24.885534 image/jpeg 2934 2025-06-16T14:54:24.592513 image/jpeg 272556 2025-06-16T14:54:23.294545 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