02256cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000490011324500220016226400510018430000470023533600260028233700260030833800360033450000840037050000310045450801080048552012100059353400450180365300340184885600430188299900170192511493UtSlPG20260610133256.0mcr n260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aBenson, E. F.q(Edward Frederic),d1867-194014aThe Blotting Book 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2004  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blotting_Book  aRelease date is 2004-03-01  aProduced by Suzanne Shell, Beginners Projects, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team  a"The Blotting Book" by E. F. Benson is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative introduces us to Mrs. Assheton, a gracious and meticulous host living in Brighton, who maintains her household with a blend of formal tradition and personal care. The story begins to unfold against the backdrop of social gatherings, revealing family dynamics and the intriguing lives intertwined with that of her son, Morris, who has just returned from Cambridge.  At the start of the novel, we are immersed in the comfortable yet structured atmosphere of Mrs. Assheton's home as her son Morris celebrates his birthday over dinner with company, including the benevolent but shrewd Mr. Taynton, who serves as Morris's trustee. As conversations swirl around Morris's new motor car and his potential romantic interests, underlying tensions surface with hints of social expectations and familial pressures. The dynamics take a darker turn as Morris learns troubling rumors about himself that threaten to disrupt his budding relationship with Madge Templeton, revealing the complexities of human relationships and social intrigue that will unfold throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aDetective and mystery stories40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11493  c52939d52939