The Quality of Mercy by William Dean Howells
Read now or download (free!)
| Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read online (web) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30108.html.images | 688 kB | ||||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30108.epub3.images | 330 kB | ||||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30108.epub.images | 340 kB | ||||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30108.epub.noimages | 321 kB | ||||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30108.kf8.images | 612 kB | ||||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30108.kindle.images | 564 kB | ||||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30108.txt.utf-8 | 661 kB | ||||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/30108/pg30108-h.zip | 321 kB | ||||
| There may be more files related to this item. | ||||||
About this eBook
| Author | Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Quality of Mercy |
| Note | Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Credits |
Produced by David Edwards, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.) |
| Summary | "The Quality of Mercy" by William Dean Howells is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story primarily revolves around the character T. W. Northwick, who finds himself in a moral and financial crisis following the revelation of his embezzlement from the company he works for. As the narrative unfolds, themes of guilt, redemption, and the complexities of human relationships come to the forefront. At the start of the novel, we meet Northwick as he returns to his home after a troubling meeting with company directors, which ends with him branded a "thief." Caught in a web of internal conflict, he contemplates his impending decisions regarding both his fate and the implications for his family. The opening establishes a vivid setting that combines Northwick's external journey and his inner turmoil, as he navigates his complicated feelings of shame and the desire for mercy, revealing the psychological depth of the protagonist and setting the tone for the moral dilemmas that will play out throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 30108 |
| Release Date | Sep 27, 2009 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 115 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |
