Project Gutenberg 2021-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 296 Croker, B. M. (Bithia Mary) 1848 1920 Croker, Bithia Mary Croker, Mrs. John The Serpent's Tooth E-text prepared by MWS, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Serpent's Tooth" by B. M. Croker is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative is set in the English countryside, focusing on the lives of Colonel Tom Fenchurch and his wife Dorothy, who welcome their orphaned niece Letty Glyn into their home. Their comfortable domestic life is disrupted as they navigate the complexities of family dynamics, societal expectations, and the potential for Letty's future. The opening of the book introduces Colonel Fenchurch and his wife Dorothy as they prepare for the arrival of Letty, who has been living in Germany and is now returning to live with them. While Tom is excited and eager to welcome her, Dorothy appears less enthusiastic, indicating underlying tensions about Letty's presence. The couple's contrasting attitudes foreshadow complications in their relationship with Letty as the story unfolds. Early glimpses reveal Letty's sweetness and potential, setting the stage for her struggle for acceptance within her new family and community, while also hinting at themes of jealousy and competition that will likely emerge as she finds her place in this dynamic. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Married women -- Fiction Mothers and daughters -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 600297 2025-07-25T13:07:28.101993 text/html 606988 2024-10-18T11:29:59 text/html 559368 2025-07-25T13:07:37.649974 application/epub+zip 555904 2025-07-25T13:07:29.970979 application/epub+zip 395594 2025-07-25T13:07:29.102004 application/epub+zip 865505 2025-07-25T13:07:43.465983 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 808223 2025-07-25T13:07:36.910018 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 620526 2022-09-29T06:27:17.813048 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 550077 2025-07-25T13:07:26.759044 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 530190 2024-10-18T11:29:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16447 2025-07-25T13:07:43.624904 application/rdf+xml 11380 2025-07-25T13:07:29.390007 image/jpeg 2230 2025-07-25T13:07:29.272006 image/jpeg 544520 2025-07-25T13:07:28.157002 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