Project Gutenberg 2023-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 151 James, Edwin, Mrs. James, Mrs. Edwin Wanderings of a beauty : $b A tale of the real and the ideal Evelyn Travers; or, Wanderings of a beauty $aUnited States :$bCarleton, $c1863. Andrew Sly, MFR, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Wanderings of a Beauty: A Tale of the Real and the Ideal" by Mrs. Edwin James is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The narrative follows the life of Evelyn Travers, a young woman blessed with beauty and talent, as she navigates the complexities of love, ambition, and societal expectations. Through the eyes of her friend and confidante Mary Mildmay, readers witness Evelyn's struggles with the constraints imposed by her family and society, and her pursuit of personal happiness in a world that often seems to conspire against her. At the start of the story, the author reflects on the tragic fates of beautiful women throughout history, capturing the reader's attention with the theme of beauty as a "fatal gift." The opening describes the strong bond formed between Evelyn and Mary during their time in a Parisian boarding school, setting the stage for Evelyn's return to her estranged family upon her graduation. The narrative introduces Evelyn's difficult family dynamics, highlighting her mother's neglect in favor of Evelyn's half-siblings and foreshadowing her tumultuous experiences in marriage and society. The rich detail in the characterization and setting hints at the book's deeper explorations of themes including friendship, societal norms, and the tension between the real and the ideal in romantic relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/wanderingsofbeau01jame/page/n1/mode/2up 20070628200548james 1863 US Reading ease score: 66.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en English fiction -- 19th century PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 356666 2025-06-27T13:56:46.054702 text/html 357222 2023-02-26T07:10:16 text/html 799072 2025-06-27T13:56:53.344733 application/epub+zip 796308 2025-06-27T13:56:47.682652 application/epub+zip 307398 2025-06-27T13:56:46.899670 application/epub+zip 880964 2025-06-27T13:56:57.441644 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 843617 2025-06-27T13:56:52.317653 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308164 2025-06-27T13:56:45.389675 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 307959 2023-02-26T07:10:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17644 2025-06-27T13:56:57.585615 application/rdf+xml 29349 2025-06-27T13:56:47.032679 image/jpeg 2260 2025-06-27T13:56:46.966667 image/jpeg 121861 2023-02-26T07:10:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 742014 2023-02-26T07:10:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 770683 2025-06-27T13:56:46.109716 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