Project Gutenberg 2025-03-23 Public domain in the USA. 154 Cross, Victoria 1868 1952 Cory, Annie Sophie Cory, Vivian Crosse, Victoria The beating heart $aNew York :$bBrentano's, $c1924. The kiss in the wilderness -- Colour -- A novel elopement -- The jewel casket -- The vengeance of Pasht -- Village passion -- Supping with the devil. Tim Lindell, Laura Natal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Beating Heart" by Victoria Cross is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book appears to explore themes of love, desire, and the interplay between primal instincts and societal expectations, centering primarily on the experiences and inner life of its main character, Miss Christine Smith. Through a sequence of vivid, emotion-driven episodes, the work delves into the complexities of personal longing, societal conventions, and the transformative power of genuine passion. The opening of the book introduces a lively group of travelers journeying by carriage through the wilderness between Jericho and Jerusalem, with Miss Smith—a reserved, intelligent woman with a quietly intense nature—emerging as the central figure. When a deadly accident leaves the group at the mercy of Bedouin Arabs, Christine’s linguistic skills and calm demeanor make her the de facto leader, and she must negotiate their safety. This crisis sets the stage for a profound emotional awakening as Christine encounters Lasrali, an Arab chieftain whose commanding presence reignites her long-buried need for passionate connection, echoing an electrifying moment from her youth. Subsequent chapters shift focus to other characters and vignettes, such as George Morris’s yearning for romance and color in the monotony of suburban life, revealed through a misadventure in an artist’s studio, and place further emphasis on the contrasts between expectation and reality, passion and convention. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/beatingheart00cros/page/n5/mode/2up 20200618074833cross 1924 US Reading ease score: 79.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories, English English fiction -- 20th century PR Text Category: Novels 391975 2025-06-30T04:39:28.266001 text/html 367422 2025-03-23T08:49:39 text/html 400747 2025-06-30T04:39:33.515041 application/epub+zip 400283 2025-06-30T04:39:29.329979 application/epub+zip 255832 2025-06-30T04:39:28.787977 application/epub+zip 408001 2025-06-30T04:39:36.779988 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 384517 2025-06-30T04:39:33.084004 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360896 2025-06-30T04:39:27.531001 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 341016 2025-03-23T08:49:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16322 2025-06-30T04:39:36.911935 application/rdf+xml 7680 2025-06-30T04:39:28.979995 image/jpeg 1853 2025-06-30T04:39:28.883982 image/jpeg 383920 2025-06-30T04:39:28.302036 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