Project Gutenberg 2020-05-06 Public domain in the USA. 184 Scott, John Reed 1869 1942 Underwood, Clarence F. 1871 1929 13009286 The Unforgiving Offender E-text prepared by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Unforgiving Offender" by John Reed Scott is a fictional novel written in the early 20th century. The story appears to explore themes of social status, relationships, and the complexities of human behavior through the lives of its characters, particularly focusing on Montague Pendleton and his observations of society and its transformations, alongside other characters who navigate their own personal entanglements. At the start of the narrative, various members of the Otranto Country Club congregate, engaged in casual conversations filled with banter and observations about their peers. Montague Pendleton and his friend Sheldon Burgoyne discuss the recent admission of new members like the Emerson family, highlighting issues related to wealth, societal change, and the pursuit of social acceptance. Pendleton is characterized as a perceptive observer, critical of the social climbing and superficialities around him, while the arrival of Stephanie Lorraine, a woman with a scandalous past involving her departure from an unhappy marriage, stirs conversation and scrutiny among the club members. The tension between public perception and personal history sets the stage for the interwoven lives and conflicts that will unfold as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Rich people -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 587365 2025-07-24T13:42:34.480025 text/html 591341 2024-10-18T03:13:30 text/html 943621 2025-07-24T13:42:44.429967 application/epub+zip 948798 2025-07-24T13:42:36.316045 application/epub+zip 275896 2025-07-24T13:42:35.271059 application/epub+zip 1129571 2025-07-24T13:42:49.906011 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1087229 2025-07-24T13:42:43.486008 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 415471 2022-09-28T01:15:28.099954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 530375 2025-07-24T13:42:31.870988 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 510430 2024-10-18T03:13:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16688 2025-07-24T13:42:50.082928 application/rdf+xml 13337 2025-07-24T13:42:35.406961 image/jpeg 2159 2025-07-24T13:42:35.340023 image/jpeg 966204 2025-07-24T13:42:34.555014 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