Project Gutenberg 2021-05-19 Public domain in the USA. 186 Yates, Dornford 1885 1960 Mercer, Cecil William And Five Were Foolish Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Five_Were_Foolish Sarah -- Madeleine -- Katharine -- Spring -- Elizabeth -- Jo -- Athalia -- Ann -- Eleanor -- Susan. Al Haines, Jen Haines & the online Project Gutenberg team at https://www.pgdpcanada.net "And Five Were Foolish" by Dornford Yates is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative revolves around Sarah Vulliamy and her complicated relationship with her fiancé Virgil Pardoner, as they find themselves bound by an eccentric will that requires them to marry in order to inherit a significant fortune. This situation leads them into humorous and awkward social dynamics as they navigate love, obligation, and societal expectations in the backdrop of wealth and class. The opening of the book introduces Sarah Vulliamy and Virgil Pardoner having a lively conversation over champagne, which evolves into a discussion about their impending engagement. They discover that their inheritance from the late James Tantamount is contingent on their marriage to each other, despite both harboring feelings for others—Sarah for George Fulke and Virgil for June Townshend. The tone is lighthearted and comedic, with Sarah's determination to resist pressure to marry Virgil mingling with their banter about feelings, societal expectations, and the absurdity of their predicament. As the scene unfolds, we grasp the complexity of their situation and the intriguing dynamics that promise further twists in their unfolding story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Short stories, English English fiction -- 20th century Husband and wife -- Fiction PR Text Category: Romance Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: British Literature 676624 2025-07-26T05:10:48.433029 text/html 669417 2024-10-18T13:51:35 text/html 444364 2025-07-26T05:10:58.185965 application/epub+zip 456296 2025-07-26T05:10:50.043051 application/epub+zip 302626 2025-07-26T05:10:49.257039 application/epub+zip 638371 2025-07-26T05:11:04.110032 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 609822 2025-07-26T05:10:57.344994 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 456283 2022-09-29T12:25:02.721300 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 561514 2025-07-26T05:10:45.789072 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 541723 2024-10-18T13:51:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17719 2025-07-26T05:11:04.300928 application/rdf+xml 25808 2025-07-26T05:10:49.386052 image/jpeg 4390 2025-07-26T05:10:49.322022 image/jpeg 510042 2025-07-26T05:10:48.486021 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