Project Gutenberg 2023-12-18 Public domain in the USA. 258 Warden, Florence 1857 1929 James, Florence Alice Price Scheherazade: a London night's entertainment $aLondon :$bWard And Downey, Publishers, $c1889. an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer "Scheherazade: A London Night's Entertainment" by Florence Warden is a novel written in the late 19th century. Set against the backdrop of London, the story follows a group of young subalterns from the army, focusing on their dynamic interactions and romantic pursuits, particularly revolving around the mysterious character of Nouna, a young girl with a unique heritage. Warden's narrative intertwines themes of love, ambition, and the allure of the exotic, inviting readers into a world where the mundane meets the extraordinary. At the start of the novel, readers meet three young officers — Clarence Massey, Dicky Wood, and George Lauriston — as they leave a dinner hosted by an old major in their regiment. The men engage in light-hearted banter about love and the merits of Irish versus English men, which soon transitions into a fascination with a mysterious girl, Nouna, observed in a shop window. As the first chapter unfolds, Massey and Wood are spellbound by Nouna's beauty and discuss their intentions to learn more about her. The narrative establishes an intriguing tension, setting the stage for Lauriston's unexpected encounter with Nouna, which lays the foundation for unraveling her complex background and the entanglements of their lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/22609247.2273.emory.edu 20231217132037warden 1889 GB Reading ease score: 72.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en English fiction -- 19th century PR Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: British Literature 834054 2025-06-28T13:35:17.299732 text/html 811390 2023-12-18T14:34:45 text/html 545849 2025-06-28T13:35:24.259719 application/epub+zip 559164 2025-06-28T13:35:18.180749 application/epub+zip 370857 2025-06-28T13:35:17.746717 application/epub+zip 792899 2025-06-28T13:35:29.526677 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 755457 2025-06-28T13:35:23.898701 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 795761 2025-06-28T13:35:15.884766 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 775990 2023-12-18T14:34:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15654 2025-06-28T13:35:29.658627 application/rdf+xml 26170 2025-06-28T13:35:17.860689 image/jpeg 3919 2025-06-28T13:35:17.802721 image/jpeg 562247 2025-06-28T13:35:17.367698 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