Project Gutenberg 1996-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 174 Phillips, David Graham 1867 1911 Graham, John The Price She Paid Produced by Charles Keller. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Price She Paid" by David Graham Phillips is a novel written during the late 19th century. Set against the backdrop of upper-middle-class society, the story revolves around the duplicitous life of Henry Gower, whose selfishness and negligence leave his family ill-prepared for life after his unexpected death. The narrative delves into the lives of his widow and children as they grapple with financial insecurity, social expectations, and the pressures of marriage in a society that prizes wealth and status. The opening of the novel introduces the main character, Henry Gower, who appears to be a benevolent figure but is ultimately revealed to be profoundly self-serving. After his death, his family—including his widow and two children—struggle with their financial reality, which is much bleaker than they had anticipated. Gower's son, Frank, and daughter, Mildred, face their own dilemmas regarding expectations and societal pressures in Hanging Rock, a suburban community rife with ambition and materialism. The narrative foreshadows the challenges Mildred, in particular, will contend with as she contemplates her future and the prospect of marriage, navigating a world seemingly devoid of genuine connection amid the clamor for wealth and status. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Domestic fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 619669 2025-07-01T05:27:02.110714 text/html 618855 2021-01-01T08:41:41 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 226179 2021-01-01T08:41:41 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 299439 2025-07-01T05:27:09.947658 application/epub+zip 307850 2025-07-01T05:27:03.939681 application/epub+zip 307850 2025-07-01T05:27:02.805691 application/epub+zip 517331 2025-07-01T05:27:14.438618 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 500645 2025-07-01T05:27:09.266665 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 477411 2022-09-01T05:56:12.308921 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 582063 2025-07-01T05:27:00.657737 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 581940 2021-01-01T08:41:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 221201 2021-01-01T08:41:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18771 2025-07-01T05:27:14.566633 application/rdf+xml 12230 2025-07-01T05:27:03.312697 image/jpeg 3125 2025-07-01T05:27:03.059681 image/jpeg 292338 2025-07-01T05:27:02.159673 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