Project Gutenberg 2020-06-24 Public domain in the USA. 152 Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret) 1828 1897 Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant Olyphant, Mrs. Oliphant, M. O. W. (Margaret Oliphant Wilson) Oliphant, Mrs. Margaret Oliphant, Mrs. Wilson, Margaret The Prodigals and Their Inheritance; Complete Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "The Prodigals and Their Inheritance" by Mrs. Oliphant is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the Chester family, primarily focusing on the complex relationships between the father, Mr. Chester, and his sons, Tom and George, who are deemed disappointments by their ambitious father. The narrative explores themes of familial expectation, societal status, and the struggle for personal identity within the confines of a wealthy but dysfunctional household. At the start of the novel, Mr. Chester is awaiting the return of his younger son, Tom, from a life of perceived failure and excess, while conversing with his daughter Winnie about Tom's fate. Mr. Chester expresses disdain for his sons, whom he believes have squandered their opportunities, and suggests that he will cut them off completely from the family wealth and legacy. The tension heightens as Tom arrives home, drenched from the rain and bearing the weight of his family's disappointment. The opening chapters delve into the emotional turmoil within the Chester household, as Winifred attempts to mediate between the conflicting forces of paternal authority and brotherly loyalty, setting the stage for further exploration of the characters’ complexities and their intertwined fates. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 372241 2025-09-25T03:42:53.091147 text/html 356587 2024-10-18T04:03:24 text/html 227103 2025-09-25T03:42:57.749154 application/epub+zip 228937 2025-09-25T03:42:54.010198 application/epub+zip 198624 2025-09-25T03:42:53.498207 application/epub+zip 342904 2025-09-25T03:43:00.940119 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 297899 2025-09-25T03:42:57.305141 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 267933 2022-09-28T07:13:48.110483 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337306 2025-09-25T03:42:52.659183 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 317441 2024-10-18T04:03:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16654 2025-09-25T03:43:01.066160 application/rdf+xml 10709 2025-09-25T03:42:53.586142 image/jpeg 2072 2025-09-25T03:42:53.543150 image/jpeg 204969 2025-09-25T03:42:53.122189 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