Project Gutenberg 2025-04-16 Public domain in the USA. 153 Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) 1835 1915 Braddon, Mary Elizabeth White, Babington Breddon, Miss Maxwell, Mary Elizabeth Braddon Braddon, Mary E. Lucius Davoren; or, Publicans and sinners, vol. 2 $aUnited Kingdom :$bJohn Maxwell and Co., $c1873. Bob Taylor, Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Lucius Davoren; or, Publicans and Sinners, vol. 2" by M. E. Braddon is a novel written in the late 19th century. It appears to be a dramatic and intricately woven tale focused on themes of love, scandal, hidden pasts, and family secrets, with Lucius Davoren, Geoffrey Hossack, and Mrs. Janet Bertram as prominent characters. The story centers on troubled relationships, painful histories, and the search for resolution and redemption, set within a society attentive to class, reputation, and moral dilemmas. The opening of the novel immerses readers in intense emotional conflicts and confessions. Geoffrey Hossack brings Janet Bertram a passionate letter from his friend Lucius Davoren, urging her to be open about her tragic past; she recounts a secret, disgraceful marriage to a charismatic but dishonorable man, followed by abandonment and hardship. This revelation leaves Geoffrey heartbroken, as Janet feels eternally bound to her first, though illegitimate, husband. Meanwhile, Lucius returns to care for his own affairs and loved ones—including Lucille Sivewright, his betrothed—only to discover unsettling signs and an ominous mystery in her ancestral home: strange noises, secretive behaviors, and a hidden portrait that suggests a grave and personal connection to a violent past. The narrative then shifts to Geoffrey, who, striving to stifle his heartbreak, revisits the social circle where Janet’s tragedy began, hoping to uncover answers that might free her—and thus himself—from their burdens. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/luciusdavorenorp01brad 20201219041613braddon 1873 gb Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Psychological fiction Domestic fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 449046 2025-06-30T05:26:07.368737 text/html 423304 2025-04-16T10:24:24 text/html 419949 2025-06-30T05:26:14.555705 application/epub+zip 416587 2025-06-30T05:26:09.029737 application/epub+zip 401728 2025-06-30T05:26:08.057691 application/epub+zip 1157046 2025-06-30T05:26:18.627691 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1122454 2025-06-30T05:26:13.815709 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 402351 2025-06-30T05:26:06.548716 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 382349 2025-04-16T10:24:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16311 2025-06-30T05:26:18.771634 application/rdf+xml 17498 2025-06-30T05:26:08.277694 image/jpeg 2141 2025-06-30T05:26:08.165683 image/jpeg 739157 2025-06-30T05:26:07.413737 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