The tortoiseshell cat (Registro nro. 119148)
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PR |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Royde-Smith, Naomi, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1875-1964 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The tortoiseshell cat |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2nd edition |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2026 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2026-04-12 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Jens Sadowski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. This ebook was created in honour of Distributed Proofreaders' 25th Anniversary. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The tortoiseshell cat" by Naomi Royde-Smith is a novel written in the early 20th century. It presents a witty, gently satirical coming‑of‑age story in pre‑war London, following spirited teacher Gillian Armstrong as her devotion to literature clashes with school respectability and then propels her into the orbit of the magnificently eccentric Lady Bottomley; key figures include Gillian’s practical sister Lilac, the erratic headmistress Mrs. Lysaght, the formidable schoolgirl Jane Bird, and the dryly loyal Miss Fairfax. Themes of language, class, work, and female independence run through its scenes.<br/><br/>The opening of the novel follows Gillian at Pelham House, where her lively teaching—drilling vowel-sounds and savoring great lines—wins over pupils but triggers authority’s ire: a hymn-learning row draws a parent’s complaint, and a later French class exalting Racine and Gautier prompts a bishop’s letter, the confiscation of Gillian’s treasured commonplace book, and the headmistress’s decision not to retain her. Jane Bird, brilliant and intimidating, reveals unexpected emotion and leaves Gillian a poem; Miss Fairfax offers brisk sympathy. The scene shifts to the sisters’ life in the women’s residential “Hen House,” briskly sketched through its caretakers and politics, before Mrs. Barraclough steers Gillian toward new work. An opulent Knightsbridge interview secures her a post with Lady Bottomley—under the house pseudonym “Miss Macfarlane”—with peculiar rules (no shorthand, imitate her hand, vow not to marry for three years) and duties that promise concerts, letters, and a plunge into high-society eccentricity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Young women -- Fiction |
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| Uncontrolled term | Lesbians -- Fiction |
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| Uncontrolled term | London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78428">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78428</a> |
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