The Marriage of Esther by Guy Boothby

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39731.html.images 391 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39731.epub3.images 242 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39731.epub.images 246 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39731.epub.noimages 220 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39731.kf8.images 369 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39731.kindle.images 342 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39731.txt.utf-8 346 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39731/pg39731-h.zip 225 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Boothby, Guy, 1867-1905
Title The Marriage of Esther
Note Reading ease score: 84.1 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits Produced by Cathy Maxam and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive)
Summary "The Marriage of Esther" by Guy Boothby is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book follows the journey of Cuthbert Ellison, a man who has fallen from grace and is struggling for redemption, as he navigates his complicated relationship with Esther McCartney, a woman of strength and mystery, set against the backdrop of Thursday Island. At the start of the story, readers are introduced to Ellison and his companion Silas Murkard as they arrive at Thursday Island, both down on their luck. Their unpopularity is quickly established when Murkard, intoxicated, incites a brawl at a local bar, leading to Ellison's defense of him against a fighter named Paddy the Lasher. After a fierce fight, Ellison earns the respect of the locals but is haunted by his past failures and the degradation he has suffered. The narrative hints at Ellison's internal struggles, including his desire for redemption, and lays the foundation for his encounter with Esther, a character who represents hope and the potential for a new beginning in his tumultuous life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 39731
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 98 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!