The Combined Maze (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Jephson, R. Mounteney

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440096716 ISBN 13 : 9781440096716

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A portrait of duty, desire, and the costs of propriety in a hard-edged London world.

This novel traces the rise and fall of a young man named Ransome as he threads his way through social pressures, personal longing, and the trap of appearance in early 20th-century London. With intimate scenes and sharp social observation, it examines how reputation and ambition collide with love, loyalty, and hardship.

Set against a backdrop of clubs, class tensions, and changing mores, the book follows Ranny’s obsessive devotion to fitness, decency, and a life built on the promise of respectable progress. As relationships strain and secrets surface, the story moves from buoyant self-confidence to the brutal honesty of a life lived under scrutiny.

• Experience a vivid character study of Ranny and Violet as their marriage, finances, and choices come under pressure.
• See how appearances, rumors, and social clubs shape choices and loyalties.
• Explore themes of duty, desire, and what it costs to maintain propriety in a changing city.
• Read a keen portrait of London’s streets, homes, and social rituals in a time of transition.

Ideal for readers of historical literary fiction that pairs psychological depth with social critique and a stark, compassionate look at ordinary lives under pressure.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

It was in the early eighties, over a shabby chemists shop in Wandsworth High Street, and it came of the union of Fulleymore Ransome, a little middle-aged chemist, weedy, parched, furtively inebriate, and his wife Emma, the daughter of John Randall, a draper. They called him John Randall Fulleymore Ransome, and Ranny for short. Ranny should have been born in lands of adventure, under the green light of a virgin forest, or on some illimitable prairie ;he should have sailed with the Vikings or fought with Cromwell s Ironsides ;or, better still, he should have run, half naked, splendidly pagan, bearing the torch of Marathon. And yet he bore his torch. From the very first his mother said that Ranny was that venturesome. He showed it in his ill-considered and ungovernable determination to be born, and it was hard to say which of them, Ranny or his mother, more nearly died of it. She must have been aware that there was a hitch somewhere ;for, referring again and again, as she did, to Rannys venturesomeness, she would say, It beats me where he gets it from.
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About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440096716
• ISBN 13: 9781440096716
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 346
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