Project Gutenberg 2003-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 194 Meredith, George 1828 1909 The House on the Beach: A Realistic Tale Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_on_the_Beach This etext was produced by David Widger "The House on the Beach: A Realistic Tale" by George Meredith is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story seems to focus on the quirky character of Mr. Tinman, a newly minted esquire struggling with his social status and the intricacies of local relationships in the coastal town of Crikswich, as well as his aspiration to rise in social hierarchy. His eccentricities and ambitions appear to serve as both comic relief and poignant commentary on class and social structures of the time. The opening of the book paints a vivid picture of Mr. Tinman's life and his ambitions after retiring from a successful shopkeeping career. It describes his daily rituals, including a humorous episode where he purchases herrings for dinner, while we learn about his complex relationships with his sister and the other townsfolk. The narrative hints at burgeoning conflicts concerning social status, personal pride, and romantic aspirations, setting the stage for interactions with other characters like Mr. Van Diemen Smith and the arrival of Annette Smith, who is poised to become an essential player in the developing social dynamics. Overall, the beginning establishes Mr. Tinman's ambitions and anxieties, suggesting that humor and human error will be central themes as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en English fiction -- 19th century PR Text Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: British Literature 229536 2025-10-02T11:04:31.581774 text/html 229357 2025-01-09T00:31:18.722894 text/html 160736 2025-10-02T11:04:37.879726 application/epub+zip 162813 2025-10-02T11:04:34.403760 application/epub+zip 152740 2025-10-02T11:04:33.347737 application/epub+zip 334010 2025-10-02T11:04:40.523707 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 313951 2025-10-02T11:04:37.159824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 246442 2022-09-02T14:52:00.280352 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204323 2025-10-02T11:04:31.298768 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 184500 2024-06-13T03:14:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16428 2025-10-02T11:04:40.650672 application/rdf+xml 16003 2025-10-02T11:04:33.829781 image/jpeg 3761 2025-10-02T11:04:33.587740 image/jpeg 158473 2025-10-02T11:04:31.601785 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