Project Gutenberg 2016-01-22 Public domain in the USA. 207 Deeping, Warwick 1877 1950 Deeping, George Warwick Clark, Christopher 1942 Mad Barbara Produced by Mardi Desjardins & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team (http://www.pgdpcanada.net) from page images generously made available by the Internet Archive American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/madbarbara00deepgoog). "Mad Barbara" by Warwick Deeping is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set against a rich backdrop of aristocracy and intrigue, focusing on the titular character, Barbara Purcell, who grapples with the traumatic aftermath of her father's mysterious murder. As she navigates the complex dynamics of her family and societal expectations, her emotional turmoil drives her quest for truth and revenge. The opening of the novel intrigues the reader by presenting a poignant scene: Barbara discovers her father dead in their music-room, which sets the stage for her deep obsession with the past and her silent mourning for a man she both loved and feared. As she contemplates her father's untimely demise, the narrative introduces her challenging relationships with her mother, Anne, and the larger social environment of the time, where joy and frivolity clash starkly against her grief. The story hints at Barbara's internal struggle and foreshadows her future encounters with the world around her, including her interactions with figures such as Lord Gore and his son, John, who enters the narrative as a figure of intrigue and potential alliance against the backdrop of her tragic reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 724009 2025-06-20T13:14:38.540322 text/html 706020 2024-10-22T23:45:59 text/html 433211 2025-06-20T13:14:47.354249 application/epub+zip 449918 2025-06-20T13:14:39.724309 application/epub+zip 338874 2025-06-20T13:14:39.127259 application/epub+zip 613403 2025-06-20T13:14:53.177272 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 597978 2025-06-20T13:14:46.825303 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 487122 2022-09-23T07:56:35.180217 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 643831 2025-06-20T13:14:36.529249 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 623921 2024-10-22T23:45:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16886 2025-06-20T13:14:53.329217 application/rdf+xml 12211 2025-06-20T13:14:39.258274 image/jpeg 2357 2025-06-20T13:14:39.191265 image/jpeg 438071 2025-06-20T13:14:38.607328 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