Project Gutenberg 2022-10-30 Public domain in the USA. 141 Warden, Florence 1857 1929 James, Florence Alice Price A vagrant wife $aUnited States :$bInternational Book Company,$c1885. MWS, Krista Zaleski 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.) "A Vagrant Wife" by Florence Warden is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds in a rustic English town, focusing on the lives of its residents and their intertwining relationships, particularly revolving around Miss Annie Lane, the governess of the Mainwaring family. The opening chapters set the scene of a church confirmation service, introducing various characters, including Annie, and hinting at the societal challenges and romantic entanglements that lie ahead. The beginning of the book paints a vivid picture of the town of Beckham bustling with excitement for the bishop's visit to confirm young parishioners. The narrative introduces a range of characters, primarily Annie Lane, whose role as a governess places her in a delicate social position. Through nuanced interactions among the Mainwaring family, particularly between the elder brother George and the impulsive Harry Braithwaite, as well as Miss Lane's struggles and aspirations, an intricate social tapestry begins to emerge. Themes of duty, society's expectations, and romantic tension are alluded to, setting the stage for the complexities of Miss Lane’s life and relationships as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/vagrantwife00ward 20200912150752warden 1885 US Reading ease score: 77.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en English fiction -- 19th century PR Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: British Literature 656893 2025-07-27T10:55:34.031802 text/html 631950 2024-10-19T01:39:53 text/html 529127 2025-07-27T10:55:42.117783 application/epub+zip 529130 2025-07-27T10:55:35.361810 application/epub+zip 364007 2025-07-27T10:55:34.621776 application/epub+zip 675841 2025-07-27T10:55:47.536745 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 646428 2025-07-27T10:55:41.637785 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 624335 2025-07-27T10:55:32.506808 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 604386 2024-10-19T01:39:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15985 2025-07-27T10:55:47.691726 application/rdf+xml 12227 2025-07-27T10:55:34.916740 image/jpeg 2285 2025-07-27T10:55:34.761747 image/jpeg 616488 2025-07-27T10:55:34.088771 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