Project Gutenberg 2024-03-06 Public domain in the USA. 230 Kauffman, Reginald Wright 1877 1959 10018881 The house of bondage $aNew York :$bGrosset & Dunlap, $c1910. Al Haines "The House of Bondage" by Reginald Wright Kauffman is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative explores themes of societal expectations, the struggles of young women, and the harsh realities of life in the urban underbelly, focusing on the main character, Mary Denbigh, a sixteen-year-old girl navigating the challenges of her environment. As an evolving character, Mary's journey encapsulates the tension between youthful rebellion and the oppressive circumstances that seek to define her fate. The opening of the novel introduces us to Mary Denbigh as she transitions from school to the complexities of adulthood in a small town. Already feeling the weight of familial expectations and the rigid confines of her domestic life, Mary encounters a stranger who disrupts her routine, leading her to a series of decisions that ultimately push her toward rebellion. After an argument with her mother and an unexpected escape to the river, she meets Max Grossman, who offers her a glimpse of a different life, one filled with the allure of city excitement. However, her desire for freedom quickly leads her into a dangerous world, foreshadowing the deeper challenges she will face as her story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/houseofbondage00kaufrich 20240301201644kauffman 1910 US Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Prostitutes -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 769283 2025-06-29T04:54:08.421072 text/html 749000 2024-03-08T09:11:54 text/html 424400 2025-06-29T04:54:16.406074 application/epub+zip 435900 2025-06-29T04:54:09.391082 application/epub+zip 373719 2025-06-29T04:54:08.903036 application/epub+zip 638895 2025-06-29T04:54:21.720976 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 617776 2025-06-29T04:54:15.952032 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 712448 2025-06-29T04:54:05.922084 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 692730 2024-03-08T09:11:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15832 2025-06-29T04:54:21.852983 application/rdf+xml 18374 2025-06-29T04:54:09.016046 image/jpeg 2992 2025-06-29T04:54:08.959050 image/jpeg 598294 2025-06-29T04:54:08.489041 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