Project Gutenberg 2017-08-09 Public domain in the USA. 148 Hume, Fergus 1859 1932 Hume, Ferguson Wright Hume, Fergus W. (Ferguson Wright) The Girl from Malta Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by the Web Archive "The Girl from Malta" by Fergus Hume is a fictional novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around the enigmatic Lionel Ventin, whose troubled past and present culminate in a murder mystery that unfolds aboard the steamship Neptune as it travels to Malta. The narrative promises intrigue, romance, and the exploration of complex human relationships, primarily involving Ventin and his tragic entanglements with women and societal expectations. At the start of the novel, the stage is set on the Neptune, where passengers, including Ventin, revel in the excitement of their journey. Ventin, revealing hints of a painful history and a looming sense of dread, engages in conversations with the young and carefree Ronald Monteith. As Ventin shares his backstory filled with lost love and regret, he becomes a figure of sympathy, particularly due to his connection with a wife he fears might cause him harm. The chapter concludes ominously by establishing a tense atmosphere, foreshadowing complexities and potential calamity as the ship nears Malta. As the passengers interact, the groundwork is laid for a narrative rich in character dynamics and dramatic tension. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Mystery fiction PR Text Category: Romance Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 404514 2025-06-22T07:10:38.005902 text/html 396581 2024-10-23T02:29:31 text/html 211290 2025-06-22T07:10:45.975884 application/epub+zip 219626 2025-06-22T07:10:40.122911 application/epub+zip 219626 2025-06-22T07:10:38.815904 application/epub+zip 394710 2025-06-22T07:10:49.985833 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 368033 2025-06-22T07:10:45.130896 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351695 2022-08-25T04:13:03.404871 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 369758 2023-09-24T03:58:50.723254 text/plain 350083 2024-10-23T02:29:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15561 2025-06-22T07:10:50.135860 application/rdf+xml 12261 2025-06-22T07:10:39.395917 image/jpeg 3365 2025-06-22T07:10:39.104908 image/jpeg 205062 2025-06-22T07:10:38.040933 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