Project Gutenberg 2023-09-18 Public domain in the USA. 96 Miller, Alice Duer 1874 1942 Duer, Alice 09014451 Less than kin $aNew York :$bHenry Holt and Company, $c1909. Steve Mattern and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "Less than Kin" by Alice Duer Miller is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around complex social relationships and familial obligations as it opens with characters attending an opera, where we get a glimpse of their intertwined lives. The central character, Nellie, is navigating her responsibilities towards her wealthy uncle and her evolving relationship with various suitors, including James Emmons, in a setting that suggests themes of love, duty, and social status. The beginning of the novel introduces us to Mrs. Raikes and Miss Lewis, opera-goers who observe the dynamics between Nellie and her companions, including a potential love interest, James Emmons. As Nellie engages in a conversation with Emmons, we see her reluctance to leave her sick uncle, hinting at her sense of duty in both her family and romantic life. Meanwhile, the scene shifts to a tropical setting, showcasing Vickers, an American instructor in a foreign land, as he grapples with his own tumultuous circumstances. Their stories begin to intertwine, laying the groundwork for the themes of duty, emotional entanglement, and societal expectations that will unfold throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn1iw9 20211009043124miller 1909 US Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Impostors and imposture -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 256526 2025-07-28T10:38:16.185761 text/html 256673 2023-09-18T02:03:03 text/html 396370 2025-07-28T10:38:23.741744 application/epub+zip 392725 2025-07-28T10:38:18.778731 application/epub+zip 273149 2025-07-28T10:38:16.962764 application/epub+zip 985711 2025-07-28T10:38:27.184734 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 963884 2025-07-28T10:38:22.772798 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 225050 2025-07-28T10:38:15.775767 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 225086 2023-09-18T02:03:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17309 2025-07-28T10:38:27.383683 application/rdf+xml 20830 2025-07-28T10:38:18.041750 image/jpeg 2890 2025-07-28T10:38:17.868767 image/jpeg 829174 2023-09-18T02:03:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 843202 2025-07-28T10:38:16.221877 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