Project Gutenberg 2023-01-08 Public domain in the USA. 131 Holmes, Mary Johnson 07012588 The house of five gables The house of 5 gables $aUnited States :$bHurst and company,$c1892. Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The House of Five Gables" by Mary Johnson Holmes is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Roger Willing, a man heir to a legacy filled with grandeur but overshadowed by debts and personal turmoil, as he navigates complex relationships with loved ones and former slaves. The narrative explores themes of love, sacrifice, and the impact of societal precepts on personal happiness. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the dilapidated yet intriguing house of five gables, once a symbol of grandeur but now a mere shadow of its former self. Roger Willing faces mounting challenges as he is drawn into a whirlwind of emotions that involves his wife, Mary, and the beautiful slave Bella. A mix of desperation and hope leads Roger on a journey to England, where love intertwines with duty, ultimately resulting in a fateful return home that has severe implications for all characters involved. There is also a hint of impending tragedy driven by Roger’s reckless lifestyle, which sets the stage for conflict and emotional turmoil as we delve into the lives bound by the house’s dark history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/houseoffivegable00holm 20210108211942holmes 1892 US Reading ease score: 80.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Wheeling (W. Va.) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 453143 2025-06-27T12:16:06.052876 text/html 428338 2024-10-19T03:26:38 text/html 553139 2025-06-27T12:16:12.636803 application/epub+zip 559662 2025-06-27T12:16:08.204855 application/epub+zip 271763 2025-06-27T12:16:06.783921 application/epub+zip 716916 2025-06-27T12:16:16.312769 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 685538 2025-06-27T12:16:12.042791 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412240 2025-06-27T12:16:05.462862 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 392281 2024-10-19T03:26:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15809 2025-06-27T12:16:16.447774 application/rdf+xml 6797 2025-06-27T12:16:07.675824 image/jpeg 1611 2025-06-27T12:16:07.571832 image/jpeg 823817 2025-06-27T12:16:06.096850 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