Project Gutenberg 2024-11-05 Public domain in the USA. 217 Wallace, Edgar 1875 1932 Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar Captains of souls $aNew York :$bA. L. Burt Company, $c1922. Al Haines "Captains of Souls" by Edgar Wallace is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Beryl Merville, who expresses her perplexity and curiosity about a mysterious man named Ambrose Sault, while navigating societal pressures and family dynamics. This narrative seems to intertwine themes of love, power, and the complexities of human relations against a backdrop of financial and social intrigue. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Beryl Merville through her letter to Ronnie. She discusses her recent return from Italy, her disappointment at not finding him, and her encounters with Mr. Steppe and the enigmatic Ambrose Sault. Beryl is both fascinated and intimidated by Sault, a colored man with a commanding presence and a tragic backstory, revealed through their interactions. The narrative builds tension around her father's dubious financial dealings and affiliations with powerful figures like Mr. Steppe and Mr. Moropulos, hinting at a possible underlying scandal. This opening chapter sets the stage for a complex exploration of character relationships intertwined with themes of societal expectation and moral ambiguity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/captainsofsouls0000edga 20241028160015wallace 1922 US Reading ease score: 85.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Mystery fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 576280 2025-07-29T13:16:14.103269 text/html 557968 2024-11-05T16:42:13 text/html 301695 2025-07-29T13:16:21.107264 application/epub+zip 311010 2025-07-29T13:16:15.052262 application/epub+zip 290092 2025-07-29T13:16:14.581285 application/epub+zip 469483 2025-07-29T13:16:25.717252 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 449940 2025-07-29T13:16:20.577305 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 528135 2025-07-29T13:16:12.074273 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 508437 2024-11-05T16:42:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15732 2025-07-29T13:16:25.990199 application/rdf+xml 9433 2025-07-29T13:16:14.692256 image/jpeg 1413 2025-07-29T13:16:14.637271 image/jpeg 472698 2025-07-29T13:16:14.152252 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