Project Gutenberg 2014-02-22 Public domain in the USA. 449 McKenna, Stephen 1888 1967 Lady Lilith The Sensationalists, volume 1. Sequels: The Education of Eric Lane, #29041, The Secret Victory, #48133. E-text prepared by David Edwards, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Lady Lilith" by Stephen McKenna is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story appears to follow a group of young men post-Oxford, exploring their ambitions, relationships, and the dynamics of their social lives as they transition into adulthood. Central to this narrative is the character of Lady Barbara Neave, the daughter of a viceroy, who seems to embody the pursuit of excitement and self-expression, contrasting with her more conventional peers. The opening of the book introduces the character dynamics within the Phoenix Club, a fictional group of friends reflecting on their futures amidst a backdrop of student life in Oxford. Conversations at a farewell dinner delve into personal ambitions, foreshadowing potential struggles ahead as the members contemplate their fates in both love and career. The scene sets a tone of introspection while establishing friendships and rivalries, particularly highlighting Eric Lane's aspirations in journalism and Jack Waring’s nonchalant approach towards a future in law, culminating in the group's collective optimism tempered with a sense of impending doom as they ponder who among them will succeed—or perhaps fail—in this new chapter of life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44982/44982-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 81.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Man-woman relationships -- Fiction World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- Fiction England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 639560 2025-08-18T08:56:50.583144 text/html 628394 2024-10-24T02:50:01 text/html 371178 2025-08-18T08:56:58.838152 application/epub+zip 378858 2025-08-18T08:56:51.728154 application/epub+zip 321136 2025-08-18T08:56:51.163142 application/epub+zip 570490 2025-08-18T08:57:04.210097 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 519112 2025-08-18T08:56:58.091147 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 462414 2022-09-20T14:15:57.214329 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 590478 2025-08-18T08:56:49.248191 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 570608 2024-10-24T02:50:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17005 2025-08-18T08:57:04.386053 application/rdf+xml 18264 2025-08-18T08:56:51.264148 image/jpeg 2380 2025-08-18T08:56:51.214141 image/jpeg 349053 2025-08-18T08:56:50.643151 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