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Title: The Point of View
Credits: Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "The Point of View" by Elinor Glyn is a novel set in the early 20th century, likely written during the height of the Edwardian era. The story revolves around Stella Rawson, a young woman who finds herself caught between the stifling expectations of her life in a conservative English cathedral town and the exhilarating allure of a fashionable, romantic encounter in Rome. As she dines with her uncle and aunt at the Grand Hotel, Stella's life is forever altered when she meets the intriguing Count Sasha Roumovski, who represents both a new world of possibilities and a stark contrast to her current engagement to the dull Bishop’s junior chaplain, Eustace Medlicott. The opening of the novel introduces Stella and her relatives as they navigate the social complexities of their surroundings. As Stella becomes enchanted by the foreigner’s unique appearance and demeanor, she starts to question the life mapped out for her. Through her interactions with the Count, Glyn skillfully portrays Stella's internal conflict as she grapples with her feelings of duty versus the desire for independence and passion. The allure of Roumovski juxtaposed with the constraints represented by her fiancé sets the stage for a story rich in romance and self-discovery, capturing the tension of exploring one's identity within the confines of societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 75.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Glyn, Elinor, 1864-1943
EBook No.: 5310
Published: Mar 1, 2004
Downloads: 67
Language: English
Subject: Love stories
Subject: British -- Italy -- Fiction
Subject: Rome (Italy) -- Fiction
Subject: Russians -- Italy -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The Point of View
Credits: Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "The Point of View" by Elinor Glyn is a novel set in the early 20th century, likely written during the height of the Edwardian era. The story revolves around Stella Rawson, a young woman who finds herself caught between the stifling expectations of her life in a conservative English cathedral town and the exhilarating allure of a fashionable, romantic encounter in Rome. As she dines with her uncle and aunt at the Grand Hotel, Stella's life is forever altered when she meets the intriguing Count Sasha Roumovski, who represents both a new world of possibilities and a stark contrast to her current engagement to the dull Bishop’s junior chaplain, Eustace Medlicott. The opening of the novel introduces Stella and her relatives as they navigate the social complexities of their surroundings. As Stella becomes enchanted by the foreigner’s unique appearance and demeanor, she starts to question the life mapped out for her. Through her interactions with the Count, Glyn skillfully portrays Stella's internal conflict as she grapples with her feelings of duty versus the desire for independence and passion. The allure of Roumovski juxtaposed with the constraints represented by her fiancé sets the stage for a story rich in romance and self-discovery, capturing the tension of exploring one's identity within the confines of societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 75.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Glyn, Elinor, 1864-1943
EBook No.: 5310
Published: Mar 1, 2004
Downloads: 67
Language: English
Subject: Love stories
Subject: British -- Italy -- Fiction
Subject: Rome (Italy) -- Fiction
Subject: Russians -- Italy -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.