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 Project Gutenberg 2016-05-13 Public domain in the USA. 262 Lowndes, Marie Belloc 1868 1947 Lowndes, Marie Adelaide Belloc Belloc-Lowndes, Marie Adelaide Belloc, Marie Adelaide Belloc, M. A. (Marie Adelaide) The Heart of Penelope E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (https://archive.org/details/toronto) "The Heart of Penelope" by Marie Belloc Lowndes is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Sir George Downing, who returns to London after a twenty-year exile due to a scandal involving a woman that marked his past. As he navigates his reintegration into society, themes of redemption, memory, and the complexities of relationships emerge, particularly against the backdrop of his former life and the elegant society he once knew. The opening of the novel introduces Sir George Downing as he reflects on his return to England, grappling with the weight of his past mistakes and their implications. His absence seems to have stripped him of the youthful optimism he once had, and his memories are tinged with both nostalgia and regret. Downing's life is complicated further by his marriage to Prudence Merryquick, an American woman who aspires to a different kind of life. The juxtaposition of his past in London and the present he encounters sets up a conflict that explores themes of identity, belonging, and the effects of time on personal relationships. As the narrative unfolds, readers begin to grasp the depth of Downing's inner turmoil and the societal expectations he faces. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en English fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 643288 2025-07-21T03:42:33.699962 text/html 631935 2024-10-23T00:33:09 text/html 461807 2025-07-21T03:42:40.611384 application/epub+zip 467993 2025-07-21T03:42:34.681940 application/epub+zip 320784 2025-07-21T03:42:34.194917 application/epub+zip 653289 2025-07-21T03:42:45.481378 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 603260 2025-07-21T03:42:40.047413 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 457533 2022-09-23T18:03:53.874871 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 602700 2025-07-21T03:42:32.906940 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 582748 2024-10-23T00:33:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16970 2025-07-21T03:42:45.610340 application/rdf+xml 17576 2025-07-21T03:42:34.276915 image/jpeg 2210 2025-07-21T03:42:34.236893 image/jpeg 447717 2025-07-21T03:42:33.764929 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia