Project Gutenberg 2021-08-18 Public domain in the USA. 329 Corelli, Marie 1855 1924 Mackay, Mary Corelli, Maria Free Opinions, Freely Expressed on Certain Phases of Modern Social Life and Conduct A vital point of education -- The responsibility of the press -- "Pagan London" -- A question of faith -- Unchristian clerics -- The social blight -- The death of hospitality -- The vulgarity of wealth -- American women in England -- The American bounder -- Coward Adam -- Accursëd Eve -- "Imaginary" love -- The advance of woman -- The palm of beauty -- The madness of clothes -- The decay of home life in England -- Society and Sunday -- The "strong" book of the Ishbosheth -- The making of little poets -- The prayer of the small country M.P. -- The thanksgiving of the small country M.P.'s wife -- The vanishing gift -- The power of the pen -- The glory of work -- The happy life -- The soul of the nation. Tim Lindell, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Free Opinions, Freely Expressed on Certain Phases of Modern Social Life" by Marie Corelli is a collection of essays penned in the early 20th century. The work delves into various societal issues, with a particular focus on education, morality, and the responsibilities of faith in modern life. Corelli expresses her views candidly, taking a critical stance on contemporary clergy and society's moral decay. The opening of this work introduces the author's premise that the majority of "educated" individuals in society are woefully uninformed about significant current events, despite their supposed literacy. Corelli discusses the deficiencies in education, emphasizing that many people do not truly know how to read and reflect on what they consume. She critiques not only the upper classes but also the overall societal trend of skimming through superficial content without meaningful engagement, setting the stage for her broader exploration of moral and spiritual shortcomings in modern society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 61.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en English essays -- 20th century Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century PR Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality Category: Teaching & Education 629440 2025-07-26T07:57:15.339563 text/html 632108 2024-10-18T15:37:05 text/html 673126 2025-07-26T07:57:22.097494 application/epub+zip 677262 2025-07-26T07:57:16.439597 application/epub+zip 309216 2025-07-26T07:57:15.878509 application/epub+zip 852069 2025-07-26T07:57:26.877524 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 798777 2025-07-26T07:57:21.558507 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 430882 2022-09-29T18:04:18.986145 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 588823 2025-07-26T07:57:14.797564 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 568667 2024-10-18T15:37:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17761 2025-07-26T07:57:27.053460 application/rdf+xml 19311 2025-07-26T07:57:16.012549 image/jpeg 2863 2025-07-26T07:57:15.947562 image/jpeg 571238 2025-07-26T07:57:15.402536 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