Project Gutenberg 2021-09-17 Public domain in the USA. 189 Corelli, Marie 1855 1924 Mackay, Mary Corelli, Maria The Young Diana: An Experiment of the Future $aCanada :$bWilliam Briggs,$c1918. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Diana_(novel) Tim Lindell, sf20011, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Young Diana: An Experiment of the Future" by Marie Corelli is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers on Diana May, a somewhat awkward, aging spinster who grapples with her own identity and purpose, feeling out of place in her family and society. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. May, lead a complacent, conventional lifestyle, treating Diana as a burden rather than a beloved daughter, which amplifies her feelings of alienation and longing for love and purpose. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Diana's discontented life with her wealthy but self-absorbed parents, who are oblivious to her aspirations and worth. The narrative delves into Diana's reflections on her life choices, her struggles with societal expectations, and the crushing disappointment of being overlooked and unloved. After a passing comment from her father about how she adds no value to their lives, Diana begins to consider her own freedom for the first time. The opening effectively sets the stage for her journey of self-discovery amid personal and societal constraints, hinting at transformative possibilities that may lie ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/youngdianaexperi00core/page/n5 20190124125859corelli 1918 CA Reading ease score: 72.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Psychological fiction Single women -- Fiction Rejuvenation -- Fiction Experiments -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels 708183 2025-07-26T08:52:48.574976 text/html 701919 2024-10-18T16:12:34 text/html 575513 2025-07-26T08:52:56.646904 application/epub+zip 576335 2025-07-26T08:52:49.637955 application/epub+zip 392119 2025-07-26T08:52:49.101940 application/epub+zip 754932 2025-07-26T08:53:02.147840 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 718659 2025-07-26T08:52:56.225908 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 533437 2022-09-29T20:01:02.294565 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 675387 2025-07-26T08:52:47.350008 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 655336 2024-10-18T16:12:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17421 2025-07-26T08:53:02.306844 application/rdf+xml 18829 2025-07-26T08:52:49.266909 image/jpeg 2587 2025-07-26T08:52:49.160926 image/jpeg 520245 2025-07-26T08:52:48.634966 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