Project Gutenberg 2024-03-21 Public domain in the USA. 118 Warden, Florence 1857 1929 James, Florence Alice Price The mill house mystery $aLondon :$bJarrold & Sons, $c1911. an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer "The Mill House Mystery" by Florence Warden is a fictional novel written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds in the picturesque town of Dourville and centers around Sir Robert Hadlow, a baronet whose life takes a dramatic turn after he rescues a young woman named Rhoda Pembury from a near-fatal bicycle accident. The narrative hints at deeper tensions as Rhoda navigates feelings of admiration for Sir Robert while grappling with the unsettling dynamics of a household poised for a looming marriage to Lady Sarah, a beautiful but frivolous woman. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to a tranquil summer day in Dourville, quickly disrupted by the accident that brings Rhoda into Sir Robert's life. As he heroically intervenes to save her, the scene reveals Sir Robert's gentle character and hints at a complicated future. Convalescing in the Mill House, Rhoda's admiration for her rescuer grows, but she soon discovers the emotional complexities of Sir Robert's impending marriage to Lady Sarah. The opening chapters intricately weave together themes of loyalty, romantic admiration, and foreshadow the conflicts that arise from social expectations and personal ambitions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/12726845 20240318115956warden 1911 GB Reading ease score: 78.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en English fiction -- 20th century PR Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: British Literature 393261 2025-06-29T05:18:43.854520 text/html 369024 2024-05-01T12:46:44 text/html 325536 2025-06-29T05:18:48.119517 application/epub+zip 332002 2025-06-29T05:18:44.470535 application/epub+zip 209165 2025-06-29T05:18:44.140545 application/epub+zip 455692 2025-06-29T05:18:51.085565 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 434421 2025-06-29T05:18:47.847501 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362820 2025-06-29T05:18:42.898559 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 343020 2024-05-01T12:46:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15553 2025-06-29T05:18:51.211484 application/rdf+xml 12383 2025-06-29T05:18:44.252534 image/jpeg 2108 2025-06-29T05:18:44.194548 image/jpeg 332596 2025-06-29T05:18:43.886537 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