Project Gutenberg 2015-11-14 Public domain in the USA. 126 Shore, W. Teignmouth (William Teignmouth) 1865 1932 Shore, William Teignmouth The Pest E-text prepared by Clarity, Cindy Beyer, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana) "The Pest" by W. Teignmouth Shore is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around George Maddison, a successful painter, who unexpectedly reunites with Marian, a woman from his past who is now a curate's wife. Their encounter stirs complex emotions as they navigate their respective dissatisfaction with their current lives and the longing for something more fulfilling. At the start of the novel, the setting is a dreary and foggy afternoon in London, introducing George Maddison as he strolls through the city, contemplating his new association with the Royal Academy. He then encounters Marian Lewis, who has just married the curate Edward Squire. Their conversation reveals their mixed feelings about their lives and the constraints imposed by societal expectations. This initial meeting sets the stage for the ensuing conflict and the exploration of themes such as ambition, desire, and the struggle for individual freedom, as both characters grapple with their past and the limitations of their present circumstances. The opening establishes a poignant tension that hints at the personal revolutions that will unfold throughout the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en London (England) -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 456193 2025-07-20T08:09:43.044974 text/html 435659 2024-10-22T23:27:03 text/html 274773 2025-07-20T08:09:49.077969 application/epub+zip 271482 2025-07-20T08:09:44.002053 application/epub+zip 263513 2025-07-20T08:09:43.527991 application/epub+zip 373007 2025-07-20T08:09:53.003961 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 338343 2025-07-20T08:09:48.576971 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 331185 2022-09-22T18:46:36.357606 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386455 2025-07-20T08:09:42.014997 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 366564 2024-10-22T23:27:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17024 2025-07-20T08:09:53.132915 application/rdf+xml 20630 2025-07-20T08:09:43.609965 image/jpeg 3851 2025-07-20T08:09:43.568989 image/jpeg 225214 2025-07-20T08:09:43.081985 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