Project Gutenberg 2005-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 158 Moore, George 1852 1933 Moore, George Augustus Rhone, Lady A Mummer's Wife Produced by Andrea Ball, Charles Franks, Juliet Sutherland, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "A Mummer's Wife" by George Moore is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Kate, the wife of a sickly man named Ralph Ede, who is navigating the challenges of her domestic life and her marriage, marked by her husband's constant ill-health and irritability, as well as the tension with her mother-in-law. At the start of the novel, we find Kate caring for Ralph during one of his asthma attacks, showcasing the strain and emotional turmoil within their relationship. The scene unfolds in a modest setting, where Kate is depicted as both devoted and weary, caught in the crossfire between her husband and her mother-in-law. The narrative delves into her thoughts and feelings as she contemplates her responsibilities, the dynamics of her household, and the intrusion of a lodger, Mr. Lennox, who is an actor—a source of contention with her mother-in-law. This opening sets the stage for exploring themes of love, sacrifice, and the complexities of life within a working-class family, all through the lens of Kate's experiences and aspirations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Adultery -- Fiction Married people -- Fiction Staffordshire (England) -- Fiction Actors -- Fiction PR Text Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Category: Novels Category: British Literature 879815 2025-08-03T11:43:42.622728 text/html 879636 2025-01-11T00:05:39.143235 text/html 403239 2025-08-03T11:43:53.561667 application/epub+zip 416142 2025-08-03T11:43:45.797775 application/epub+zip 404952 2025-08-03T11:43:44.500758 application/epub+zip 716063 2025-08-03T11:43:59.764845 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 669740 2025-08-03T11:43:52.695671 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 643698 2022-09-04T06:23:26.727862 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 813402 2025-08-03T11:43:42.007732 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 808533 2020-12-30T15:40:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18119 2025-08-03T11:43:59.902691 application/rdf+xml 14591 2025-08-03T11:43:45.049698 image/jpeg 3609 2025-08-03T11:43:44.775744 image/jpeg 307448 2020-12-30T15:40:51 application/octet-stream application/zip 398001 2025-08-03T11:43:42.703732 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