Project Gutenberg 2003-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 135 Norris, Kathleen Thompson 1880 1966 The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne" by Kathleen Thompson Norris is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story unfolds in the California town of Santa Paloma and centers around Mrs. Sidney Burgoyne, a wealthy widow who moves to Holly Hall with her two daughters, seeking a quieter life after the turbulence caused by her husband's death. The novel explores themes of wealth, social dynamics, and the intricacies of community interactions as Mrs. Burgoyne reintegrates herself into society. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Mrs. Carew, who is hosting a card party while juggling the demands of domestic life surrounded by her family and hired help. The opening chapters vividly depict her frenetic preparations and the bustling atmosphere of the Carew household just before the party. We also meet Barry Valentine, who is reluctantly tasked with showing Mrs. Burgoyne around the old Holly Hall. As Mrs. Burgoyne tours her potential new home, memories of her past with the Holly family surface, hinting at her deep connections and the influences of her previous life. The narrative sets the stage for the evolving social landscape in Santa Paloma, reflecting on the charm and challenges of integrating wealth into the local community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Love stories California -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 290552 2025-08-02T10:51:31.553718 text/html 282912 2020-12-27T21:46:39 text/html 184772 2025-08-02T10:51:38.114673 application/epub+zip 189578 2025-08-02T10:51:34.142668 application/epub+zip 184541 2025-08-02T10:51:33.003698 application/epub+zip 307550 2025-08-02T10:51:40.985148 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295799 2025-08-02T10:51:37.426679 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 266126 2022-09-02T13:54:54.253850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268558 2025-08-02T10:51:30.795729 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 268401 2020-12-27T21:46:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18387 2025-08-02T10:51:41.118128 application/rdf+xml 9995 2025-08-02T10:51:33.538686 image/jpeg 2738 2025-08-02T10:51:33.274671 image/jpeg 107827 2020-12-27T21:46:39 application/octet-stream application/zip 105585 2020-12-27T21:46:39 application/octet-stream application/zip 180501 2025-08-02T10:51:31.578711 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